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

View of the principal and lateral façades of the Administration Building (also known as Building No. 11) under construction, United States Naval Ordnance Assembly Plant, Center Line, Michigan

12 November 1941

Gelatin silver print

comp.: 19.0 x 23.0 cm sheet: 20.6 x 25.4 cm

PH2000:0408

• exterior view

stamped and imprinted - in black ink, on the sheet, verso, l.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 black ink and by an unknown hand in graphite, on the sheet, verso, l.r.: "FORSTER / STUDIO / 2832 E. GRAND BOULEVARD / DETROIT / File No. A1217-8" [inscribed negative number appears over stamped underline; name surrounds an image of an aperture of a camera] stamped, inscribed and numbered - in black ink and by an unknown hand in black felt pen, on the sheet, verso, u.l. to u.c.: "NAME OF OWNER / LOCATION / DESCRIPTION [Administration Bldg.] / DATE TAKEN JOB No. [18884-N] / PHOTOGRAPHER [Owner]" [text in square parentheses indicates inscription within stamped form]; and by the same hand, below the stamp, l.r.: "Re-photographed by Forster / G-1217-8" 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.: "BUILDING NO. 11 / PHOTO NO. [598] DATE [NOV 12 1941] / U.S. NAVAL ORDNANCE PLANT CENTERLINE, 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 to Building 11 [text in square parentheses indicates stamps]

Center Line; Michigan; United States;

• architecture
• ingénierie
• militaire

• entrances
• fence
• windows
• industrial complex
• industrial building
• administration building
• office building
• floodlights
• artillery factory
• naval guns assembly plant