Online
image list for job-file HB-06346 of the
Hedrich-Blessing photograph collection, part 1, at Chicago History Museum,
Research Center
The catalog record describing this job-file is below the image-list for:
Title: General Electric building in Chicago (Ill.), 1941 June 7.
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View A: http://chsmedia.org/media/hb/06/HB06346a.jpg
View A: Exterior, General Electric building (from negative)
View B: http://chsmedia.org/media/hb/06/HB06346b.jpg
View B: Exterior, side of the building, brick street with cars parked alongside the building (from negative)
View C: http://chsmedia.org/media/hb/06/HB06346c.jpg
View C: Front of the building showing the General Electric sign with logo (from negative)
View D: http://chsmedia.org/media/hb/06/HB06346d.jpg
View D: Interior, Mazda Lamps display (from negative)
View E: http://chsmedia.org/media/hb/06/HB06346e.jpg
View E: Interior, room full of desks with telephones (from negative)
View F: http://chsmedia.org/media/hb/06/HB06346f.jpg
View F: Interior, room full of desks with telephones (from negative)
View G: http://chsmedia.org/media/hb/06/HB06346g.jpg
View G: Interior, hallway with two doors and with a GE logo on the glass (from negative)
View H: http://chsmedia.org/media/hb/06/HB06346h.jpg
View H: Glass wall with double doors and a GE logo on the glass (from negative)
View I: http://chsmedia.org/media/hb/06/HB06346i.jpg
View I: Interior, office (from negative)
View J: http://chsmedia.org/media/hb/06/HB06346j.jpg
View J: Interior, room with desks and telephones (from negative)
View K: http://chsmedia.org/media/hb/06/HB06346k.jpg
View K: Ceiling light bank (from negative)
View L: http://chsmedia.org/media/hb/06/HB06346L.jpg
View L: Interior, 2 chairs outside a doorway marked ‘George Wickman’ (from negative)
View M: http://chsmedia.org/media/hb/06/HB06346m.jpg
View M: Interior, lobby (from negative)
ID#: HB-06346
Creator: Hedrich-Blessing (Firm), photographer.
Title: General
Electric building in Chicago (Ill.), 1941 June 7.
Originals:
13 negatives : b&w ; 8 x 10 in.
15 photographic prints : b&w ; 8 x 10 in.
Summary: Includes exterior and interior views of a General Electric
office building at 840 South Canal Street in Chicago (Ill.). Exterior views
show the front and rear elevations of a six-story brick office building.
Interior views show the lobby, reception and office areas. One view includes a
display of G-E Mazda lamps. Photographed by Hedrich-Blessing for architects
Holabird & Root and for Architectural Record.
Forms
part of the Hedrich-Blessing photograph collection—Holabird & Root series.
Details: Views: A: Exterior, General Electric building (from negative); B:
Exterior, side of the building, brick street with cars parked alongside the
building (from negative); C: Front of the building showing the General Electric
sign with logo (from negative); D: Interior, Mazda Lamps display (from
negative); E: Interior, room full of desks with telephones (from negative); F:
Interior, room full of desks with telephones (from negative); G: Interior,
hallway with two doors and with a GE logo on the glass (from negative); H:
Glass wall with double doors and a GE logo on the glass (from negative); I:
Interior, office (from negative); J: Interior, room with desks and telephones (from
negative); K: Ceiling light bank (from negative); L: Interior, 2 chairs outside
a doorway marked ‘George Wickman’ (from negative); M: Interior, lobby (from
negative).
Negatives E and F are cropped.
Subjects:
General Electric Building (Chicago, Ill.)
840 South Canal Street (Chicago, Ill.)
Mazda lamps—Illinois—Chicago—1940-1949—Exhibitions.
Lobbies—Illinois—Chicago—1940-1949.
Office buildings—Illinois—Chicago—1940-1949.
Offices—Illinois—Chicago—1940-1949.
Reception rooms—Illinois—Chicago—1940-1949.
Chicago (Ill.)—Buildings, structures, etc.—1940-1949.
Chicago (Ill.)—Streets—Canal Street—South—0840
Form/genre:
Exterior views.
Interior views.
Film negatives.
Gelatin silver prints.
Added entries:
Holabird & Root (1928-1945)
General Electric Company.
Architectural Record.
Call# for originals:
HB-06346 PPL
HB-06346 PPN
