• Hedrich-Blessing (Firm) (photographic studio)
• General Motors Corporation (client)
• Albert Kahn, Inc. (architectural firm)

View of the principal and lateral façades of the General Motors Building, 3044 West Grand Boulevard, Detroit, Michigan

1922 or after

Gelatin silver print

comp.: 23.7 x 19.3 cm sheet: 25.4 x 20.7 cm

PH2000:0602

• exterior view

labelled and imprinted - printed in black ink, on a paper label attached to 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] stamped, imprinted and numbered - in black ink, on the sheet, verso, l.l. to l.c.: "HedrichBlessing [sic] / 11 West Illinois Street / Chicago, Illinois 60610 / 312/321-1151 / Neg. No. 8661 F / This photograph may be used / only with proper authorization. / When reproduced, please credit. / Hedrich-Blessing" [there is a thin black line between the name of the company and the text; there are two columns of text with the address and negative number on the left and the copyright on the right; the negative number has been added by a second stamp] numbered and inscribed - by an unknown hand, in red felt pen, on the sheet, verso, u.l.: "8661 / BUC / MEZZATINTN / 50%" [there are lines between "8661" and "BUC" and "MEZZATINTN" and "50%"]

Detroit; Michigan; United States;

• architecture

• entrance
• windows
• parapet
• stores
• identification signs
• restaurant
• show-windows
• office building
• bank (building)
• factory (structure)

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