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

View of the east façade of the Engineering Building with a skywalk in the background, General Motors Corporation Truck and Coach division Pontiac Plant, Pontiac, Michigan

May 1948

Gelatin silver print

comp.: 22.9 x 18.3 cm sheet: 25.4 x 20.9 cm

PH2000:0267

• exterior view

stamped and imprinted - in black ink, on the sheet, verso, l.c.: "IF THIS PHOTOGRAPH / IS USED FOR REPRODUCTION, / CREDIT MUST BE GIVEN / DESIGNED BY / Albert Kahn Associated Architects & Engineers, Inc." stamped and imprinted - in black ink, on the sheet, verso, l.l.: "If this Photograph is used / for reproduction, kindly use / the following credit line: HEDRICH-BLESSING" stamped, imprinted and numbered - in black ink, on the sheet, verso, l.l.: "HEDRICH-BLESSING, LTD. / CHICAGO / NEG. No. 11194-F" [negative number is added by a second stamp and appears over an underline from the original stamp; the "F" is crossed out by an unknown hand in graphite and a "G" is written beside] 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 / [GMC TRUCK & COACH DIVISION / GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION] / LOCATION [Pontiac, Michigan] / DESCRIPTION [Engineering Bldg. - East Wall Show- / ing Bridge to / old Engineering / Bldg.] / DATE TAKEN [May 1948] JOB No. [1728-N / 1728-F (Bridge)] / PHOTOGRAPHER / [Hedrich - 11194-G]" [text in square parentheses indicates typescript within printed form of label; sideways]

Pontiac; Michigan; United States;

• architecture
• ingénierie

• entrances
• windows
• smokestack
• industrial complex
• industrial building
• driveway
• skywalk
• automobile assembly plant
• factory (structure)