View of excavation for foundation of Main Library, Detroit Public Library. Several trenches in foreground; sluice stretches across construction site. Printed on front: "No. 131. Taken April 27-15. Detroit Public Library bldg. Looking north. 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."
