Online image-list for job-file HB-05447of the Hedrich-Blessing photograph collection, part 1, at Chicago History Museum, Research Center

 

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Title: Little Traverse Hospital in Petoskey (Mich.), 1939 September 27.

 

 

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View A: http://chsmedia.org/media/hb/09/hb05447a.jpg

View A: View focuses on the main entrance, two doors visually connected by a ring of steel that creates a focal point

 

View B: http://chsmedia.org/media/hb/09/hb05447b.jpg

View B: Exterior perspective view

 

View C: http://chsmedia.org/media/hb/09/hb05447c.jpg

View C: Exterior perspective view, similar to B

 

View D: http://chsmedia.org/media/hb/09/hb05447d.jpg

View D: Exterior perspective view of the entrance

 

View E: http://chsmedia.org/media/hb/09/hb05447e.jpg

View E: Exterior, perspective view, rear of the building

 

View F: http://chsmedia.org/media/hb/09/hb05447f.jpg

View F: Exterior, building entrance

 

View G: http://chsmedia.org/media/hb/09/hb05447g.jpg

View G: Exterior, building entrance

 

View H: http://chsmedia.org/media/hb/09/hb05447h.jpg

View H: Interior, room with a dining table and sitting areas

 

View I: http://chsmedia.org/media/hb/09/hb05447i.jpg

View I: Interior views include a lounge/library with wide-plank wood floor, chairs, tables, bookcases, a credenza, and a fireplace

 

View J: http://chsmedia.org/media/hb/09/hb05447j.jpg

View J: Terrazzo-floored main entrance area, with built-in seating and open views to the parking lot with cars

 

View K: http://chsmedia.org/media/hb/09/hb05447k.jpg

View K: Corner of the main entrance with a view of cars in the parking lot

 

View L: http://chsmedia.org/media/hb/09/hb05447L.jpg

View L: Corner of the main entrance with a view of cars in the parking lot

 

View M: http://chsmedia.org/media/hb/09/hb05447m.jpg

View M: View in the lobby showing the elevator core's floor-to-ceiling mural of Native Americans

 

View N: http://chsmedia.org/media/hb/09/hb05447n.jpg

View N: Detailing of wood-and-metal doors to an interior corridor

 

View O: http://chsmedia.org/media/hb/09/hb05447o.jpg

View O: Interiors also include a room apparently for occupancy, with built-in furnishings, terrazzo floor, and picture window overlooking the wooded landscape

 

View P: http://chsmedia.org/media/hb/09/hb05447p.jpg

View P: Corridor with two swinging doors

 

View Q: http://chsmedia.org/media/hb/09/hb05447q.jpg

View Q: Long corridor

 

View R: http://chsmedia.org/media/hb/09/hb05447r.jpg

View R: Dining room includes casual wooden tables and chairs

 

View S: http://chsmedia.org/media/hb/09/hb05447s.jpg

View S: The nursery

 

View T: http://chsmedia.org/media/hb/09/hb05447t.jpg

View T: Corner desk with a telephone

 

View U: http://chsmedia.org/media/hb/09/hb05447u.jpg

View U: Laboratory room with three sinks

 

View V: http://chsmedia.org/media/hb/09/hb05447v.jpg

View V: Operating rooms highlight the modern, stainless-steel appointments and expansive windows of textured glass block that provide natural light

 

View W: http://chsmedia.org/media/hb/09/hb05447w.jpg

View W: Operating rooms highlight the modern, stainless-steel appointments and expansive windows of textured glass block that provide natural light

 

ID#: HB-05447

Creator: Hedrich-Blessing (Firm), photographer.

Title: Little Traverse Hospital in Petoskey (Mich.), 1939 September 27.

            Originals:

23 negatives : b&w ; 8 x 10 in.

19 photographic prints : b&w ; 8 x 10 in.

Summary: Includes exterior and interior views of Little Traverse Children's Hospital in Petoskey (Mich.), designed by architects Skidmore, Owings & Merrill. Exterior views of both front and rear show hospital sitting on a manmade hill before landscaping. The brick building features a low, multi-tiered massing profile, unadorned elevations, repetitive and simple fenestration, and large areas of glazing in the entrance core. Photographed for Architectural Forum and Skidmore, Owings & Merrill by Hedrich-Blessing. See HB-18701 for hospital after addition of Burns Clinic building. See HB-08092 and HB-16962 for images of hospital after addition of International Style wing.

            Details: Views: A: View focuses on the main entrance, two doors visually connected by a ring of steel that creates a focal point; B: Exterior perspective view; C: Exterior perspective view, similar to B; D: Exterior perspective view of the entrance; E: Exterior, perspective view, rear of the building; F: Exterior, building entrance; G: Exterior, building entrance; H: Interior, room with a dining table and sitting areas; I: Interior views include a lounge/library with wide-plank wood floor, chairs, tables, bookcases, a credenza, and a fireplace; J: Terrazzo-floored main entrance area, with built-in seating and open views to the parking lot with cars; K: Corner of the main entrance with a view of cars in the parking lot; L: Corner of the main entrance with a view of cars in the parking lot.

            M: View in the lobby showing the elevator core's floor-to-ceiling mural of Native Americans; N: Detailing of wood-and-metal doors to an interior corridor; O: Interiors also include a room apparently for occupancy, with built-in furnishings, terrazzo floor, and picture window overlooking the wooded landscape; P: Corridor with two swinging doors; Q: Long corridor; R: Dining room includes casual wooden tables and chairs; S: The nursery; T: Corner desk with a telephone; U: Laboratory room with three sinks; V and W: Operating rooms highlight the modern, stainless-steel appointments and expansive windows of textured glass block that provide natural light.

Subjects:

Little Traverse Hospital (Petoskey, Mich.)—Photographs.

Hospitals—Michigan—Petoskey—1930-1939.

Children’s hospitals.

Dining rooms.

Glass block.

Libraries (rooms).

Lobbies.

Murals (paintings).

Nurseries (rooms).

Operating rooms.

Picture windows.

Stainless steel.

Terrazzo.

Petoskey (Mich.)—Buildings, structures, etc.—1930-1939.

Form/genre:

Exterior views.

Interior views.

Film negatives.

Gelatin silver prints.

Added entries:

Skidmore, Owings & Merrill.

Architectural forum.

Call# for originals:

HB-05447 PPL

HB-05447 PPN