View of framework of Main Library, Detroit Public Library during construction with foundation in foreground. Cranes on construction site; slabs of stone on ground. Printed on front: "No. 146. Taken June 30-15. 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."
