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

Aerial view of the Ford Motor Company Willow Run Bomber Assembly Plant, Willow Run, Michigan

15 November 1946 or before

- This photograph shows the airplane plant from the south.

Gelatin silver print

comp.: 19.0 x 23.3 cm sheet: 20.6 x 25.4 cm

PH2000:0397

• aerial view
• exterior view

stamped and imprinted - in black ink, on the sheet, verso, l.c. to l.r.: "IF THIS PHOTOGRAPH IS USED FOR PUBLICATION / PURPOSES CREDIT MUST BE GIVEN TO / ALBERT KAHN ASSOCIATES / ARCHITECTS & ENGINEERS / 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. B848" [inscribed 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.: "7[illeg.]" [a white sticker has been placed over the original sticker; the number has been torn off] 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] / DATE TAKEN / [Received 11-15-46] JOB No. [1888, etc.] / PHOTOGRAPHER [FROM Kaiser-Frazer (Present Operators) / Forster B-848 / Neg. in File]" [text in square parentheses indicates typescript within printed form of label; "TAKEN" is covered by a series of X's; "Neg. in File" is by an unknown hand in pen and black ink]; and by an unknown hand, in graphite, on the label, l.r.: "15" labelled and numbered - by an unknown hand, in red felt pen, on a paper label attached to the sheet, verso, u.l.: "AK 15"

Willow Run; Michigan; United States;

• architecture
• ingénierie
• militaire

• school
• manufacturing building
• hangars
• bomber assembly plant
• factory (structure)
• entrances
• walkways
• water towers
• industrial complex
• industrial building
• administration building
• office building
• parking lots
• boiler house