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

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

15 September 1942

Gelatin silver print

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

PH2000:0409

• general view
• exterior view

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]

Center Line; Michigan; United States;

• architecture
• ingénierie
• militaire

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