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

View of the principal façade of the Machine Shop Department of the Automobile Assembly Building (also known as Building No. 4), Dodge Chicago Plant, Chrysler Corporation Dodge division, Chicago, Illinois

September 1943

Gelatin silver print

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

PH2000:0317

• exterior view

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 STUDIO" stamped, imprinted and numbered - in black ink, on the sheet, verso, l.l.: "HEDRICH-BLESSING / CHICAGO / NEG. No. 11195-Q" [negative number is added by a second stamp and appears over an underline from the original stamp] stamped, imprinted, inscribed, dated and numbered - in black ink and by an unknown hand in black felt pen, on the sheet, verso, u.l. to u.c.: "NAME OF OWNER / [DODGE CHICAGO PLANT / Division of Chrysler Corporation] / LOCATION [Chicago, Illinois] / DESCRIPTION [Machine Shop, Building #4] / DATE TAKEN [Sept. 1943] JOB No. [1917] / PHOTOGRAPHER [Hedrich 7595-D] " [text in square parentheses indicates inscription within stamped form]; and by an unknown hand, in graphite, under the stamp, l.r.: "5" labelled and numbered - by an unknown hand, in red felt pen, on a paper label attached to the sheet, verso, u.l.: "AK 5"

Chicago; Illinois; United States;

• architecture
• ingénierie

• entrances
• windows
• walkways
• industrial complex
• industrial building
• overhead door
• machine shop
• airplane assembly plant
• factory (structure)