View of framework of Main Library, Detroit Public Library during construction. Several trenches in foreground; three men stand on construction site. Printed on front: "No. 136. Taken May 24-15. 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 North 6298."
