• Hedrich-Blessing (Firm) (photographic studio)
• Albert Kahn Associated, Inc. Architects and Engineers (role unspecified)
• General Motors Corporation (client)

View of the principal façade of the Administration Building from the East Bay of the Aluminum Forge Building, General Motors Corporation Chevrolet division Automobile Assembly Plant, Saginaw, Michigan

August 1943

Gelatin silver print

comp.: 18.3 x 23.0 cm sheet: 20.9 x 25.6 cm

PH2000:0250

• exterior view

stamped and imprinted - in black ink, on the sheet, verso, l.l. to l.c.: "IF THIS PHOTOGRAPH IS USED FOR PUBLICATION / PURPOSES CREDIT MUST BE GIVEN TO / ALBERT KAHN ASSOCIATES / ARCHITECTS & ENGINEERS / Detroit, Michigan" stamped and imprinted - in black ink, on the sheet, verso, c.r.: "If this Photograph is used / for reproduction, kindly use the / following credit line: / HEDRICH-BLESSING STUDIO" stamped, imprinted, inscribed and numbered - in black ink and by an unknown hand in graphite, on the sheet, verso, l.r.: "HEDRICH-BLESSING STUDIO / 737 N. MICHIGAN AVE. / CHICAGO / NEG. No. 7552-H." [hand written negative number appears over stamped underline] stamped, imprinted, inscribed, dated and numbered - in black ink and by an unknown hand in black felt pen, on the sheet, verso, u.l. to u.c.: "NAME OF OWNER [Chevrolet] / LOCATION [Saginaw] / DESCRIPTION [Aluminum Forge Plant / Office Section] / DATE TAKEN [Aug. '43] JOB No. [1905] / PHOTOGRAPHER [Hedrich 7552-H] " [text in square parentheses indicates hand writing within stamped form; the "r" of "Forge" and the "ant" of "Plant" are written by a second hand in pen and blue ink]

Saginaw; Michigan; United States;

• architecture
• ingénierie

• entrance
• windows
• flag-pole
• industrial complex
• industrial buildings
• administration building
• office building
• flag
• automobile assembly plant
• aluminum founding
• factory (structure)

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