• Bass Photo Co. (photographic studio)
• General Motors Corporation (client)
• Albert Kahn, Inc. (architectural firm)

View of the principal and lateral façades of the Paint Mixing and Storage Building with the loading dock and a train on the right, General Motors Corporation Chevrolet division Commercial Body Plant, Indianapolis, Indiana

June 1948 or before

Gelatin silver print

comp.: 20.2 x 24.3 cm sheet: 20.7 x 25.5 cm

PH2000:0211

• exterior view

stamped and imprinted - in black ink, on the sheet, verso, l.c.: "IF THIS PHOTOGRAPH IS USED FOR PUBLICATION / PURPOSES CREDIT MUST BE GIVEN TO / ALBERT KAHN ASSOCIATES / ARCHITECTS & ENGINEERS / Detroit, Michigan" labelled, imprinted, dated, inscribed and numbered - printed and in typescript and black ink, on a paper label attached to the sheet, verso, c.: "NAME OF OWNER / [CHEVROLET MOTOR DIVISION / General Motors Corporation] / LOCATION [Indianapolis, Indiana] / DESCRIPTION / [Paint Mixing & Storage Building] / DATE TAKEN / [Received June 1948] JOB No. [1702-K] / PHOTOGRAPHER / [Bass Photo Co. - 270434-F-17 / Neg. in file]" [text in square parentheses indicates typescript within printed form of label; "TAKEN" is covered by a series of X's; "Neg. in file" by an unknown hand in pen and black ink] numbered - by an unknown hand, scratched ? in the negative, l.l.: "270434-F-17"

Indianapolis; Indiana; United States;

• architecture
• ingénierie

• windows
• industrial complex
• warehouse
• loading dock
• industrial building
• train (vehicle grouping)
• automobile assembly plant
• monitor (roof appendage)
• factory (structure)