• Hedrich-Blessing (Firm) (photographic studio)
• Ford Motor Company (role unspecified)
• Albert Kahn Associated, Inc. Architects and Engineers (role unspecified)

View of the south and east façades of the Boiler House, Ford Motor Company Lincoln-Mercury division Automobile Assembly Plant, Saint Louis, Missouri

January 1949

Gelatin silver print

comp.: 18.0 x 22.9 cm sheet: 20.7 x 25.4 cm

PH2000:0227

• exterior view

stamped and imprinted - in black ink, on the sheet, verso, c.: "IF THIS PHOTOGRAPH IS USED FOR PUBLICATION / PURPOSES CREDIT MUST BE GIVEN TO / ALBERT KAHN ASSOCIATES / ARCHITECTS & ENGINEERS / Detroit, Michigan" stamped, imprinted and numbered - in black ink, on the sheet, verso, l.l. to l.c.: "HedrichBlessing [sic] / 11 West Illinois Street / Chicago, Illinois 60610 / 312/321-1151 / Neg. No. 11968 B / This photograph may be used / only with proper authorization. / When reproduced, please credit. / Hedrich-Blessing" [there is a thin black line between the name of the company and the text; there are two columns of text with the address and negative number on the left and the copyright on the right; negative number is added by a second stamp and appears over an underline from the original stamp] labelled, imprinted, dated and numbered - printed and in typescript and black ink, on a paper label attached to the sheet, verso, u.c. to c.: "NAME OF OWNER / [FORD MOTOR COMPANY / LINCOLN-MERCURY DIVISION] / LOCATION [St. Louis, Missouri] / DESCRIPTION / [Boiler House - East Elevation] / DATE TAKEN [January 1949] JOB No. [1975-B] / PHOTOGRAPHER / [Hedrich - #11968-B / FILE N.]" [text in square parentheses indicates typescript within printed form of label]

Saint Louis; Missouri; United States;

• architecture
• ingénierie

• entrance
• chimneys (architectural elements)
• windows
• water tower
• industrial complex
• industrial building
• tanks (containers)
• boiler house
• automobile assembly plant
• factory (structure)