• Hedrich-Blessing (Firm) (photographic studio)

View of the principal façade of The Abington apartment house from the roof [?] of the building across the street, Detroit, Michigan

July 1945

Gelatin silver print

comp.: 18.0 x 22.8 cm sheet: 20.6 x 25.4 cm

PH2000:0523

• exterior view

stamped and imprinted - in black ink, on the sheet, verso, l.c.: "IF THIS PHOTOGRAPH / IS USED FOR REPRODUCT[ION,] / CREDIT MUST BE GIVE[N] / DESIGNED BY / Albert Kahn Associated Architects & Engineers, Inc." [text in square parentheses is covered by a label] stamped, imprinted, inscribed and numbered - in black ink and by an unknown hand in graphite, on the sheet, verso, l.l.: "HEDRICH-BLESSING STUDIO / 450 EAST OHIO STREET / CHICAGO / NEG. No. 8661-M2" [inscribed negative number appears over stamped underline; final "2" is in superscript] labelled, imprinted, dated and numbered - printed and in typescript and black ink, on a paper label attached to the sheet, verso, c.: "NAME OF OWNER / [THE ABINGTON] / LOCATION / [Detroit, Michigan] / DESCRIPTION / [Apartment Building] / DATE TAKEN / [July 1945] JOB No. / PHOTOGRAPHER / [Hedrich 8661-M2]" [text in square parentheses indicates typescript within printed form of label; label is placed sideways]

Detroit; Michigan; United States;

• architecture

• entrances
• stairs
• windows
• parapets
• apartment house
• bay (building divisions)
• crests