• Hedrich-Blessing (Firm) (photographic studio)
• National Bank of Detroit (role unspecified)
• Albert Kahn, Inc. (architectural firm)

View of the principal and lateral façades of the National Bank of Detroit, Detroit, Michigan

July 1945

Gelatin silver print

comp.: 23.0 x 18.2 cm sheet: 25.4 x 20.7 cm

PH2000:0600

• exterior view

stamped and imprinted - in black ink, on the sheet, verso, c.l.: "IF THIS PHOTOGRAPH IS USED FOR PUBLICATION / PURPOSES CREDIT MUST BE GIVEN TO / ALBERT KAHN ASSOCIATES / ARCHITECTS & ENGINEERS / Detroit, Michigan" [sideways] labelled, imprinted, dated, inscribed and numbered - printed and in typescript and black ink, on a paper label attached to the sheet, verso, c. to c.r.: "NAME OF OWNER / [NATIONAL BANK OF DETROIT] / LOCATION [Detroit, Michigan] / DESCRIPTION / [Bank Building] / DATE TAKEN / [July 1945] JOB No. / [803] / / PHOTOGRAPHER [Hedrich 8661-T2]" [text in square parentheses indicates typescript within printed form of label]; and by an unknown hand, in graphite, on the label, l.r.: "51" stamped and imprinted - in blue ink, on the sheet, verso, l.l.: "If this Photograph is used / for reproduction, kindly use / the following credit line: HEDRICH-BLESSING" stamped, imprinted and numbered - in blue ink, on the sheet, verso, l.l.: "HEDRICH-BLESSING / CHICAGO / NEG. No. 8661 T2" [negative number is added by a second stamp and appears over an underline from the original 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.: "103" [sideways]

Detroit; Michigan; United States;

• architecture

• entrances
• stairs
• windows
• columns (architectural elements)
• identification signs
• bank (building)
• Corinthian (architectural style) columns (architectural elements)