• Manning Bros. (photographic studio)
• S.S. Kresge (role unspecified)
• Albert Kahn, Architect, Ernest Wilby, Associate (role unspecified)

View of the principal façade of the S.S. Kresge Office Building (now the Kales Building), Grand Circus Park, Detroit, Michigan

1914 or after

Gelatin silver print

comp.: 23.2 x 18.2 cm sheet: 25.4 x 20.6 cm

PH2000:0587

• exterior view

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.r.: "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.: "83" [sideways] labelled, imprinted, inscribed and numbered - printed and in typescript and black ink, on a paper label attached to the sheet, verso, c. to l.c.: "NAME OF OWNER / [S. S. KRESGE OFFICE BUILDING] / LOCATION [Park & Adams (Grand Circus Park) / Detroit, Michigan] / DESCRIPTION / [This 18-story [sic] Office Building is now / the Kales Building] / DATE TAKEN / [Erected / 1914] JOB No. / [599] / PHOTOGRAPHER / [File N. / MANNING BROS.]" [text in square parentheses indicates typescript within printed form of label; "File. N" is crossed out and "MANNING BROS." is written by an unknown hand in black felt pen; label is placed sideways]; and by an unknown hand, in graphite, on the label, l.r.: "49"

Detroit; Michigan; United States;

• architecture

• windows
• parapet
• automobiles
• cornice
• identification signs
• office building
• balustrades
• mercantile building
• gable (architectural element)