• Forster Studio (photographic studio)
• Robbins Dry Dock and Repair Company (role unspecified)
• Albert Kahn Associated, Inc. Architects and Engineers (role unspecified)

View of the Manufacturing and Storage Building under construction, Robins Dry Dock and Repair Company Assembly Plant, Brooklyn, New York

29 May 1942

Gelatin silver print

comp.: 19.0 x 24.1 cm sheet: 20.5 x 25.4 cm

PH2000:0468

• exterior view

stamped and imprinted - in black ink, on the sheet, verso, c. to c.r.: "IF THIS PHOTOGRAPH IS USED FOR PUBLICATION / PURPOSES CREDIT MUST BE GIVEN TO / ALBERT KAHN ASSOCIATES / ARCHITECTS & ENGINEERS / Detroit, Michigan" [diagonally] stamped, imprinted and numbered - in blue ink, on the sheet, verso, l.r.: "FORSTER STUDIO / Detroit / M7966" labelled, imprinted, dated and numbered - printed and in typescript and black ink, on a paper label attached to the sheet, verso, u.c. to c.: "NAME OF OWNER / [ROBINS DRY DOCK & REPAIR COMPANY] / LOCATION / [Brooklyn, New York] / DESCRIPTION / [Manufacturing and Storage Building] / DATE TAKEN / [May 29, 1942] JOB No. / [1860-C] / PHOTOGRAPHER / [Tri-Boro Photos, Inc., 186 Joralemon St. / Brooklyn, N. Y. / Forster Studio - M7966]" [text in square parentheses indicates typescript within printed form of label] labelled, imprinted and inscribed - in typescript and by an unknown hand, on a label attached to the negative, l.r.: "MANUFACTURING & INDUSTRIAL BLDG. / ROBINS DRY DOCK & REPAIR COMPANY / ARCHITECT: ALBERT KAHN ASSOCIATES / CONTRACTOR: GEORGE A FULLER CO. / PHOTO [-] / DATE [-]" [text in square parentheses indicates inscription]

Brooklyn; New York; United States;

• architecture

• entrances
• chimneys (architectural elements)
• windows
• railings
• industrial complex
• warehouse
• outbuildings
• industrial building
• assembly plant
• lumber
• dock
• manufacturing building
• factory (structure)