View of excavation for foundation of Main Library, Detroit Public Library. Pile of boards and beams in foreground; partial view of tower on right. Houses and fences in background. Printed on front: "No. 119. Taken Mch-30-15. Detroit Public Library bldg. Looking south. Cass Gilbert, architect. Irwin & Leighton, builders." Stamped on back: "Charles Ruel Messinger, commercial photographer, 1646 Woodward Ave., Detroit, Mich., phone Hemlock 2186, phone North 6298."
