• Forster Studio (photographic studio)
• Albert Kahn Associated, Inc. Architects and Engineers (role unspecified)
• Ford Motor Company (role unspecified)

View of the north façade of the Assembly Building, Ford Motor Company Willow Run Bomber Assembly Plant, Willow Run, Michigan

June 1942

Gelatin silver print

comp.: 18.7 x 23.6 cm sheet: 20.7 x 25.4 cm

PH2000:0387

• exterior view

stamped and imprinted - in black ink, on the sheet, verso, l.c.: "IF THIS PHOTOGRAPH IS USED FOR PUBLICATION / PURPOSES CREDIT MUST BE GIVEN TO / ALBERT KAHN ASSOCIATES / ARCHITECTS & ENGINEERS / Detroit, Michigan" stamped, imprinted and numbered - in blue ink, on the sheet, verso, l.r.: "FORSTER STUDIO / Detroit / P 1814" labelled, imprinted, dated, inscribed and numbered - printed and in typescript and black ink, on a paper label attached to the sheet, verso, c.: "NAME OF OWNER / [FORD MOTOR COMPANY] / LOCATION [Willow Run - Near Ypsilanti, Michigan] / DESCRIPTION / [Bomber Plant] / DATE TAKEN [June 1942] JOB No. [1888] / PHOTOGRAPHER / [Hedrich - #7074U / Forster - P-1814]" [text in square parentheses indicates typescript within printed form of label]; and by an unknown hand, in graphite, on the label, l.r.: "16" labelled and numbered - by an unknown hand, in red felt pen, on a paper label attached to the sheet, verso, u.l.: "AK 16"

Willow Run; Michigan; United States;

• architecture
• ingénierie
• militaire

• entrances
• windows
• automobiles
• industrial complex
• industrial building
• manufacturing building
• floodlights
• bomber assembly plant
• factory (structure)