Aerial view of the Republic Aviation Corporation Assembly Plant, Farmingdale, New York

People:

Forster Studio (photographic studio)
Turner Construction Company (role unspecified)
Republic Aviation Corporation (role unspecified)
Albert Kahn Associated, Inc. Architects and Engineers (role unspecified)

Title:

Aerial view of the Republic Aviation Corporation Assembly Plant, Farmingdale, New York

Date:

September 1941

Form:
photographs

Quantity / Object type:
1 photograph(s)

Technique and media:

Gelatin silver print

Dimensions:

comp.: 14.5 x 23.8 cm sheet: 20.8 x 25.3 cm

Reference number:

PH2000:0343

Point of View:

aerial view
exterior view

Inscription:

stamped and imprinted - in black ink, on the sheet, verso, c.: "IF THIS PHOTOGRAPH IS USED FOR PUBLICATION / PURPOSES CREDIT MUST BE GIVEN TO / ALBERT KAHN ASSOCIATES / ARCHITECTS & ENGINEERS / Detroit, Michigan" stamped, imprinted, inscribed and numbered - in blue ink and by an unknown hand in pen and black ink, on the sheet, verso, l.r.: "FORSTER STUDIO / Detroit / M8135[-1]" [negative number is added by a second stamp; text in square parentheses is inscribed] 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 / [REPUBLIC AVIATION CORPORATION] / LOCATION / [Farmingdale (Long Island), New York] / DESCRIPTION / [Factory Building - Airview] / DATE TAKEN [Sept. 1941] JOB No. / [1878] / PHOTOGRAPHER [Forster - #M-8135-1]" [text in square parentheses indicates typescript within printed form of label] labelled and imprinted - in typescript and black ink, on a paper label attached to the secondary support, l.c.: "The "Thunderbolt," most powerful U.S. Army single-engine / pursuit plane, will go into large-scale production in this $6,000,000 addition to the plant of the Republic Aviation Corp. in East Farmingdale (L.I.), N.Y., just completed by / the Turner Construction Company as general contractor. / Designed by Albert Kahn, architect, it places into active / operation one of the largest and most efficiently planned / manufacturing units in the American aircraft industry." numbered - by an unknown hand, in the negative, l.r.: "14-K-1241"

Location:

Farmingdale; New York; United States;

Subject:

architecture

Subject Descriptive Terms:

entrances
chimneys (architectural elements)
windows
automobiles
industrial complex
warehouses
industrial buildings
monitors (roof appendages)
manufacturing building
overhead doors
airplane assembly plant
factory (structure)

Credit line:
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Federico Bucci/
Gift of Federico Bucci

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