General view of the United States Naval Ordnance Assembly Plant, Center Line, Michigan

People:

Forster Studio (photographic studio)
Bryant Detweiler Co. (role unspecified)
United States Government (role unspecified)
Albert Kahn Associated, Inc. Architects and Engineers (role unspecified)

Title:

General view of the United States Naval Ordnance Assembly Plant, Center Line, Michigan

Date:

15 September 1942

Form:
photographs

Quantity / Object type:
1 photograph(s)

Technique and media:

Gelatin silver print

Dimensions:

comp.: 18.9 x 22.8 cm sheet: 20.6 x 25.4 cm

Reference number:

PH2000:0409

Point of View:

general view
exterior view

Inscription:

stamped, imprinted, inscribed and numbered - in black ink and by an unknown hand in graphite, on the sheet, verso, l.r.: "FORSTER / STUDIO / 2832 E. GRAND BOULEVARD / DETROIT / File No. A2613-19" [inscribed negative number appears over stamped underline; name surrounds an image of an aperture of a camera] labelled, imprinted, stamped, numbered and dated - printed in black ink and stamped in black ink, on a label attached to the negative, l.c. to l.r.: "GENERAL PLOT VIEW / PHOTO NO. [717] DATE [SEP 15 1942] / U.S. NAVAL ORDNANCE PLANT CENTERLINE [sic], MICH. / OPERATED BY HUDSON MOTOR CAR CORP. / ALBERT KAHN, ASSOC. ARCH. ENG. INC. / BRYANT DETWEILER CO. GENL. BUILDERS" with a site plan and an arrow pointing between Buildings 6 and 12 [text in square parentheses indicates stamps] labelled, imprinted and numbered - printed and in typescript and black ink, on a paper label attached to the sheet, verso, c.: "NAME OF OWNER / LOCATION / DESCRIPTION / DATE TAKEN JOB No. / [1884, etc.] / PHOTOGRAPHER [Owner / Forster A-2613-19]" [text in square parentheses indicates typescript within printed form of label; label is placed sideways]

Location:

Center Line; Michigan; United States;

Subject:

architecture
engineering
military

Subject Descriptive Terms:

entrances
windows
walkways
automobiles
industrial complex
industrial buildings
lumber
container car
monitors (roof appendages)
artillery factory
naval guns assembly plant

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

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