• Hedrich-Blessing (Firm) (photographic studio)
• Ford Motor Company (role unspecified)
• Albert Kahn Associated, Inc. Architects and Engineers (role unspecified)

View of the principal and lateral façades of a Hangar, Ford Motor Company Willow Run Bomber Assembly Plant, Willow Run, Michigan

June 1942

Gelatin silver print

comp.: 16.9 x 22.9 cm sheet: 20.6 x 25.4 cm

PH2000:0390

• exterior view

stamped and imprinted - in black ink, on the sheet, verso, c.: "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 / CHICAGO / NEG. No. 7074 O" [negative number is added by a second stamp and appears over an underline from the original stamp] labelled, imprinted, dated, inscribed 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 / [FORD MOTOR COMPANY] / LOCATION [Willow Run, near Ypsilanti] / DESCRIPTION / [Bomber Plant - East End of Final / Assembly] / DATE TAKEN [June 1942] JOB No. [1888] / PHOTOGRAPHER / [Hedrich - #7074-O]" [text in square parentheses indicates typescript within printed form of label]; and by an unknown hand, in graphite, on the label, l.r.: "22" labelled and numbered - by an unknown hand, in red felt pen, on a paper label attached to the sheet, verso, u.l.: "AK 22"

Willow Run; Michigan; United States;

• architecture
• ingénierie
• militaire

• entrances
• windows
• industrial complex
• industrial building
• airplane
• hangar
• bomber assembly plant
• factory (structure)