• Unknown (photographer)
• Albert Kahn, Architect, Ernest Wilby, Associate (role unspecified)

View of the principal and lateral façades of the Owen Building (now demolished), Detroit, Michigan

17 October 1907

Gelatin silver print

comp.: 24.1 x 19.1 cm sheet: 25.4 x 20.5 cm

PH2000:0579

• exterior view

labelled and imprinted - printed in black ink, on a paper label attached to the sheet, verso, c. to c.r.: "IF THIS PHOTOGRAPH IS USED FOR / PUBLICATION PURPOSES, / CREDIT MUST BE GIVEN TO: / ALBERT KAHN ASSOCIATES / ARCHITECTS & ENGINEERS / DETROIT, MICHIGAN" [sideways] stamped and imprinted - in black ink, on the sheet, verso, c.r.: "IF THIS PHOTOGRAPH IS USED FOR PUBLICATION / PURPOSES CREDIT MUST BE GIVEN TO / ALBERT KAHN ASSOCIATES / ARCHITECTS & ENGINEERS / Detroit, Michigan" [sideways] labelled, imprinted, inscribed and numbered - printed in black ink, on a paper label attached to the sheet, verso, c.l.: "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.: "82" [sideways] labelled, imprinted, dated, inscribed and numbered - printed and in typescript and black ink, on a paper label attached to the sheet, verso, c.l. to c.: "NAME OF OWNER / [OWEN BUILDING] / LOCATION / [Detroit, Michigan] / DESCRIPTION / DATE TAKEN [10-17-07] JOB No. [306] / PHOTOGRAPHER / [File N. / (5-2)]" [text in square parentheses indicates typescript within printed form of label; label is placed sideways]; and by an unknown hand, in graphite, on the label, l.r.: "11" labelled and inscribed - by an unknown hand, in pen and blue ink, on a paper label attached to the sheet, verso, c.: "DEMOLISHED / IN 1957" [sideways]

Detroit; Michigan; United States;

• architecture

• entrances
• windows
• identification signs
• office building
• commercial buildings
• awnings
• mercantile buildings