• Hedrich-Blessing (Firm) (photographic studio)
• Detroit Athletic Club (role unspecified)
• Albert Kahn, Architect, Ernest Wilby, Associate (role unspecified)

View of the principal and lateral façades of the Detroit Athletic Club, Detroit, Michigan

July 1945

Gelatin silver print

comp.: 22.4 x 19.0 cm sheet: 25.4 x 20.8 cm

PH2000:0590

• exterior view

labelled and imprinted - printed in black ink, on a paper label attached to 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] stamped, imprinted and numbered - in blue ink, on the sheet, verso, l.r.: "FORSTER STUDIO / Detroit / P686" [negative number is added by a second stamp] 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.: "99" 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 / [DETROIT ATHLETIC CLUB] / LOCATION [Detroit, Michigan] / DESCRIPTION / DATE TAKEN / [July 1945] JOB No. / [593] / PHOTOGRAPHER [Hedrich - 8661-12 / Forster - P-686]" [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, u.l.: "6" and l.r.: "68" numbered - by an unknown hand, in graphite, on the sheet, verso, l.r.: "37%"

Detroit; Michigan; United States;

• architecture

• entrance
• windows
• balconets
• pilasters
• pediments
• crests
• athletic club
• Corinthian (architectural style) pilasters

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