• Forster Studio (photographic studio)
• General Motors Corporation (client)
• Albert Kahn, Inc. (architectural firm)

View of the lateral [?] façade of the Manufacturing Building, General Motors Corporation Chevrolet division Aviation Engine Assembly Plant, Tonawanda, New York

June 1938

Gelatin silver print

comp.: 18.6 x 23.6 cm sheet: 20.8 x 25.4 cm

PH2000:0287

• exterior view

stamped and imprinted - in black ink, on the sheet, verso, l.c. to l.r.: "IF THIS PHOTOGRAPH IS USED FOR PUBLICA- / TION PURPOSES CREDIT SHOULD BE GIVEN / TO THE ARCHITECTS AND ENGINEERS. / ALBERT KAHN / Associated Architects and / Engineers, Inc. Detroit, Michigan" stamped, imprinted, inscribed and numbered - in black ink and by an unknown hand in graphite, on the sheet, verso, l.r.: "FORSTER / STUDIO / 2832 E. GRAND BOULEVARD / DETROIT / File No. A8349-1" [hand written negative number appears over stamped underline; name surrounds an image of an aperture of a camera] labelled, imprinted, inscribed and numbered - printed in black ink, on a paper label attached to the sheet, verso, u.c.: "STUDIO QUADRANTE s.n.c. / vie [sic] montepulciano [sic] 2-20124 milano [sic]"; and by an unknown hand, in red felt pen, on the label, r.: "48" labelled, imprinted, dated and numbered - printed, in typescript and black ink and by an unknown hand in pen and black ink, on a paper label attached to the sheet, verso, u.c. to c.: "NAME OF OWNER / [CHEVROLET] / LOCATION [Tonawanda, New York] / DESCRIPTION / [Mfg. Bldg.] / DATE TAKEN [June '38] JOB No. [1756] / PHOTOGRAPHER / [Demora - 200 C 3 / Forster - A 8349-1]" [text in square parentheses indicates typescript within printed form of label; "- A 8349-1" inscribed]

Tonawanda; New York; United States;

• architecture
• ingénierie

• entrances
• windows
• industrial complex
• industrial building
• skywalk
• manufacturing building
• airplane engine assembly plant
• factory (structure)