• Hedrich-Blessing (Firm) (photographic studio)
• Ohio Steel Foundry (role unspecified)
• Albert Kahn, Inc. (architectural firm)

General view of the principal [?] and lateral façades of the Roll and Heavy Machine Shop from across a river [?], Ohio Steel Foundry, Lima, Ohio

December 1939

Gelatin silver print

comp.: 18.1 x 23.0 cm sheet: 20.7 x 25.4 cm

PH2000:0433

• general 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 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. 5598 A" [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, c.: "NAME OF OWNER / [OHIO STEEL FOUNDRY CO.] / LOCATION [Lima, Ohio] / DESCRIPTION / [Roll & Heavy Machine Shop] / DATE TAKEN [Dec. 1939] JOB No. [1806] / PHOTOGRAPHER / [Hedrich Blessing 5598-A]" [text in square parentheses indicates typescript within printed form of label]; and by an unknown hand, in graphite, on the label, l.r.: "2" labelled and numbered - by an unknown hand, in red felt pen, on a paper label attached to the sheet, verso, u.l.: "AK 2"

Lima; Ohio; United States;

• architecture

• river
• windows
• smokestack
• industrial complex
• industrial building
• steel mill
• monitors (roof appendages)
• machine shop
• founding
• factory (structure)