Online
image list for job-file HB-22811 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: Owens-Illinois
Paper Products plant in Chicago (
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View H: http://chsmedia.org/media/hb/09/hb22811h.jpg
View H: Perspective view (from negative)
View I: http://chsmedia.org/media/hb/09/hb22811i.jpg
View I: Interior, factory (from negative)
View J: http://chsmedia.org/media/hb/09/hb22811j.jpg
View J: Interior, factory (from negative)
View K: http://chsmedia.org/media/hb/09/hb22811k.jpg
View K: Interior, bundling palettes on the factory floor (from print)
View L: http://chsmedia.org/media/hb/09/hb22811L.jpg
View L: Factory machinery (from print)
View M: http://chsmedia.org/media/hb/09/hb22811m.jpg
View M: Similar to L (from print)
View N: http://chsmedia.org/media/hb/09/hb22811n.jpg
View N: Interior, factory (from print)
View O: http://chsmedia.org/media/hb/09/hb22811o.jpg
View O: Factory, rolling machinery (from print)
View P: http://chsmedia.org/media/hb/09/hb22811p.jpg
View P: Factory, bundling machinery (from print)
View Q: http://chsmedia.org/media/hb/09/hb22811q.jpg
View Q: Woman sweeping debris (from print)
View R: http://chsmedia.org/media/hb/09/hb22811r.jpg
View R: Exterior, perspective view of building lit from within (from print)
ID#: HB-22811
Creator: Hedrich-Blessing (Firm), photographer.
Title: Owens-Illinois
Paper Products plant in Chicago (
Originals:
10 negatives : b&w ; 8 x 10 in.
10 photographic prints : b&w ; 8 x 10 in.
2 transparencies : b&w ; 8 x 10 in.
Summary: Includes exterior and interior views of the Owens-Illinois Paper Products plant on 138th Street in Chicago (Ill.), designed by architects Skidmore, Owings & Merrill. Exterior views show a boxy, long-span industrial building with steel frame and curtain walls that consist largely of glass block and strip windows. There is an adjacent parking lot and a water tower. Exteriors include a view of the building lit from within at night, with light shining through the glass-block wall. Interior views of the building, which has exposed steel columns, beams, trusses, and roof decking, include workers operating machinery engaged in cardboard and paper production, rolling, bundling, and recycling.
Details: Views: H: Perspective view (from negative) I: Interior, factory (from negative); J: Interior, factory (from negative); K: Interior, bundling palettes on the factory floor (from print); BL: Factory machinery (from print); M: Similar to L (from print); N: Interior, factory (from print); O: Factory, rolling machinery (from print); P: Factory, bundling machinery (from print); Q: Woman sweeping debris (from print); R: Exterior, perspective view of building lit from within (from print).
Subjects:
Owens-Illinois Paper Products Plant (Chicago, Ill.)
Factories—Illinois—Chicago—1950-1959.
Beams.
Cardboard.
Columns.
Curtain walls (nonbearing walls).
Decking.
Factories.
Glass block.
Machinery.
Parking lots.
Steel.
Strip windows.
Trusses.
Water towers.
Employees.
Chicago (Ill.—Buildings, structures, etc.—1950-1959.
138th Street (Chicago, Ill.)
Form/genre:
Night photographs.
Exterior views.
Interior views.
Film negatives.
Film transparencies.
Gelatin silver prints.
Added entries:
Henry, Hubert, photographer.
Owens-Illinois, inc.
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill.
Call# for originals:
HB-22811 PPL
HB-22811 PPN
