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

View of the north façade of the Assembly Building, General Motors Corporation Truck and Coach division Pontiac Plant, Pontiac, Michigan

May 1948

Gelatin silver print

comp.: 15.5 x 22.9 cm sheet: 20.7 x 25.4 cm

PH2000:0269

• exterior view

stamped and imprinted - in black ink, on the sheet, verso, c. to c.r.: "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, 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. 11196-K" [negative number added by a second 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 / [GMC TRUCK & COACH DIVISION / GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION] / LOCATION [Pontiac, Michigan] / DESCRIPTION / [Assembly Building - North Elevation] / DATE TAKEN [May 1948] JOB No. [1728-J] / PHOTOGRAPHER / [Hedrich - 11196-K]" [text in square parentheses indicates typescript within printed form of label]

Pontiac; Michigan; United States;

• architecture
• ingénierie

• windows
• smokestack
• bus
• ramp
• industrial complex
• industrial building
• automobile assembly plant
• monitors (roof appendages)
• trucks
• factory (structure)