Online image-list for job-file HB-18240 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: Architectural
model for U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs (Colo.), 1955 Apr. 12.
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View A: http://chsmedia.org/media/hb/09/hb18240a.jpg
View A: Aerial view (from
negative)
View A2: http://chsmedia.org/media/hb/09/hb18240a2.jpg
View A2: Color version of A (from
transparency)
View B: http://chsmedia.org/media/hb/09/hb18240b.jpg
View B: Front elevation (from
negative)
View C: http://chsmedia.org/media/hb/09/hb18240c.jpg
View C: Perspective view (from
negative)
View D: http://chsmedia.org/media/hb/09/hb18240d.jpg
View D: Aerial view (from
negative)
View E: http://chsmedia.org/media/hb/09/hb18240e.jpg
View E: Aerial view (from
negative)
View F: http://chsmedia.org/media/hb/09/hb18240f.jpg
View F: Aerial view (from
negative)
View G: http://chsmedia.org/media/hb/09/hb18240g.jpg
View G: Aerial view (from
negative)
View H: http://chsmedia.org/media/hb/09/hb18240h.jpg
View H: Aerial view (from
negative)
View I: http://chsmedia.org/media/hb/09/hb18240i.jpg
View I: Aerial view (from
negative)
View J: http://chsmedia.org/media/hb/09/hb18240j.jpg
View J: Front elevation (from
negative)
View K: http://chsmedia.org/media/hb/09/hb18240k.jpg
View K: Side elevation (from
negative)
View L: http://chsmedia.org/media/hb/09/hb18240L.jpg
View L: Aerial view (from
negative)
ID#: HB-18240
Creator: Hedrich-Blessing
(Firm), photographer.
Title: Architectural
model for U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs (Colo.), 1955 Apr. 12.
Originals:
12 negatives : b&w ; 8 x 10
in.
10 photographic prints :
b&w ; 8 x 10 in.
1 transparency : col. ; 8 x 10 in.
Summary: Includes views of a model for the U.S. Air Force Academy in
Colorado Springs (Colo.), designed by architects Skidmore, Owings &
Merrill. Model shows a campus of three-to-six-story, glass-walled buildings set
in a hilly terrain. The upper levels of some buildings are cantilevered onto
pilotis around the perimeter, and some buildings have interior courtyards.
Other views show parts of the campus supported on finned plinths with ramps that
extend from the hillside. Some views include the chapel, with its triangular
vaults.
Details: Views: A: Aerial view (from
negative); A2: Color version of A (from transparency); B: Front elevation (from
negative); C: Perspective view (from negative); D: Aerial view (from negative);
E: Aerial view (from negative); F: Aerial view (from negative); G: Aerial view
(from negative); H: Aerial view (from negative); I: Aerial view (from
negative); J: Front elevation (from negative); K: Side elevation (from negative);
L: Aerial view (from negative).
Subjects:
Unites States Air Force Academy.
Architectural models—Colorado—Colorado
Springs—1950-1959.
Military academies—Colorado—Colorado
Springs—1950-1959.
Colorado Springs (Colo.)—Buildings,
structures, etc.—1950-1959.
Form/genre:
Film negatives.
Film transparencies—Color.
Gelatin silver prints.
Added entries:
Henry, Hubert, photographer.
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill.
Call# for originals:
HB-18240 PPL
HB-18240 PPN
HB-18240 PCO
