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

View of the employees' entrance to the Assembly Building, Ford Motor Company Willow Run Bomber Assembly Plant, Willow Run, Michigan

June 1942

Gelatin silver print

comp.: 18.1 x 22.9 cm sheet: 19.9 x 24.7 cm

PH2000:0392

• exterior view

stamped and imprinted - in black ink, on the sheet, verso, l.c.: "IF THIS PHOTOGRAPH / IS USED FOR REPRODUCTION, / CREDIT MUST BE GIVEN / DESIGNED BY / Albert Kahn Associated Architects & Engineers, Inc." stamped, imprinted, inscribed and numbered - in blue ink and by an unknown hand in graphite, on the sheet, verso, l.l.: "HEDRICH-BLESSING / CHICAGO / NEG. No. 7074-Q" [inscribed negative number appears over stamped underlined] 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 / [(Formerly Operated by) / FORD MOTOR COMPANY] / LOCATION / [Willow Run, nr. Ypsilanti] / DESCRIPTION / [Bomber Plant - Employees' Entrance] / DATE TAKEN [June 1942] JOB No. [1888-B] / PHOTOGRAPHER [Hedrich 7074-Q]" [text in square parentheses indicates typescript within printed form of label]; and by an unknown hand, in graphite, on the label, l.r.: "25" labelled and numbered - by an unknown hand, in red felt pen, on a paper label attached to the sheet, verso, u.l.: "AK 25"

Willow Run; Michigan; United States;

• architecture
• ingénierie
• militaire

• entrance
• tower (single built work)
• stairs
• walkway
• railings
• industrial complex
• industrial building
• manufacturing building
• bomber assembly plant
• factory (structure)