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

View of the south façade of the Boiler House showing the water tower, General Motors Corporation New Departure division Automobile [?] Assembly Plant, Sandusky, Ohio

February 1949

Gelatin silver print

comp.: 18.1 x 23.0 cm sheet: 20.6 x 25.4 cm

PH2000:0276

• 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 blue 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 blue ink, on the sheet, verso, l.l.: "HEDRICH-BLESSING, LTD. / CHICAGO / NEG. No. 12044 B" [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 / [NEW DEPARTURE DIVISION / General Motors Corporation] / LOCATION [Sandusky, Ohio] / DESCRIPTION / [Western Manufacturing Plant / Boiler House - South Elevation] / DATE TAKEN / [February 1949] JOB No. [1977] / PHOTOGRAPHER [Hedrich-Blessing / 12044B]" [text in square parentheses indicates typescript within printed form of label]

Sandusky; Ohio; United States;

• architecture
• ingénierie

• windows
• water tower
• industrial complex
• tracks
• industrial buildings
• pipes (conduits)
• boiler house
• automobile assembly plant
• floodlights
• factory (structure)