• Hedrich-Blessing (Firm) (photographic studio)
• United States Government (role unspecified)
• Bryant Detweiler Co. (role unspecified)
• Albert Kahn Associated, Inc. Architects and Engineers (role unspecified)

View of the principal façade of the Assembly Building (also known as Building No. 5), United States Naval Ordnance Assembly Plant, Center Line, Michigan

July 1945

Gelatin silver print

comp.: 17.8 x 22.3 cm sheet: 20.4 x 26.0 cm

PH2000:0411

• exterior view

stamped and imprinted - in black ink, on the sheet, verso, l.l.: "IF THIS PHOTOGRAPH / IS USED FOR REPRODUC[TION,] / CREDIT MUST BE GIVE[N] / DESIGNED BY / Albert Kahn Associated Architects & Engineers, Inc." [text in square parentheses is covered by a label] stamped, imprinted, inscribed and numbered - in black ink and by an unknown hand in graphite, on the sheet, verso, l.l.: "HEDRICH-BLESSING STUDIO / 450 EAST OHIO STREET / CHICAGO / NEG. No. 8684-D" [inscribed negative number appears over stamped underline] 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 / [U. S. [sic] NAVAL ORDNANCE PLANT / (Operated by Westinghouse - Formerly / Hudson)] / LOCATION / [Centerline [sic], Michigan] / DESCRIPTION / [Assembly Building - Bldg. #5] / DATE TAKEN / [July 1945] JOB No. / [1884-B] / PHOTOGRAPHER [Hedrich 8684-D]" [text in square parentheses indicates typescript within printed form of label]

Center Line; Michigan; United States;

• architecture
• ingénierie
• militaire

• entrances
• windows
• walkways
• industrial complex
• industrial building
• floodlights
• artillery factory
• naval guns assembly plant