View of framework of Main Library, Detroit Public Library during construction. Tower and sluice in background; debris in foreground. Printed on front: "No. 137. Taken May 24-15. Detroit Public Library bldg. Looking west. Cass Gilbert, architect. Irwin & Leighton, builders." Stamped on back: "Charles Ruel Messinger, commercial photographer, 1646 Woodward Ave., Detroit, Mich., phone North 6298."
