• Hedrich-Blessing (Firm) (photographic studio)
• Albert Kahn Associated, Inc. Architects and Engineers (role unspecified)
• General Motors Corporation (client)

View of the principal façade of the Personnel Building, General Motors Corporation Buick division Airplane Engine Assembly Plant, Melrose Park, Illinois

February 1942

Gelatin silver print

comp.: 16.8 x 22.8 cm sheet: 20.7 x 25.5 cm

PH2000:0465

• 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 / ALBERT KAHN, Inc., / AS ARCHITECTS" stamped and imprinted - in black ink, on the sheet, verso, l.l.: "If this Photograph is used / for reproduction, kindly use the / following credit line: / HEDRICH-BLESSING STUDIO" stamped, imprinted, inscribed and numbered - in black ink and by an unknown hand in graphite, on the sheet, verso, l.l.: "HEDRICH-BLESSING STUDIO / 737 N. MICHIGAN AVE. / CHICAGO / NEG. No. 6902-O" [inscribed negative number appears over the stamped underline] stamped, imprinted, inscribed, dated and numbered - in black ink and by an unknown hand in black felt pen, on the sheet, verso, u.l. to u.c.: "NAME OF OWNER [Buick] / LOCATION [Melrose Park, Ill.] / DESCRIPTION [Airplane Engine Plant - Plant Personnel Bldg.] / DATE TAKEN [Feb. 1942] JOB No. [1883-C] / PHOTOGRAPHER [6902-O] " [text in square parentheses indicates inscription within stamped form]

Melrose Park; Illinois; United States;

• architecture

• entrance
• chimney (architectural element)
• windows
• industrial complex
• industrial building
• airplane engine assembly plant
• factory (structure)
• employees' building