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

View of the east façade of the Office Building, General Motors Corporation New Departure division Automobile [?] Assembly Plant, Sandusky, Ohio

February 1949

Gelatin silver print

comp.: 16.9 x 22.9 cm sheet: 20.7 x 25.4 cm

PH2000:0277

• exterior view

stamped and imprinted - in blue ink, on the sheet, verso, c.l.: "IF THIS PHOTOGRAPH / IS USED FOR REPRODUCTION, / CREDIT MUST BE GIVEN / DESIGNED BY / Albert Kahn Associated Architects & Engineers, I[nc]." [text in square brackets covered by a label] 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 / CHICAGO / NEG. No. 12044 F" [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, c.: "NAME OF OWNER / [NEW DEPARTURE DIVISION / General Motors Corporation] / LOCATION / [Sandusky, Ohio] / DESCRIPTION [Western Manufacturing Plant - / Office Building - East Elevation] / DATE TAKEN / [Feb. 1949] JOB No. [1977] / PHOTOGRAPHER [Hedrich - 12044-F / Negative in File]" [text in square parentheses indicates typescript within printed form of label]

Sandusky; Ohio; United States;

• architecture
• ingénierie

• entrance
• stairs
• windows
• walkways
• identification sign
• industrial complex
• industrial building
• office building
• automobile assembly plant
• factory (structure)