View of framework of Main Library, Detroit Public Library during construction. Cranes on construction site; brick wall, shed and stack of lumber in foreground. Printed on front: "No. 148. Taken July 12-15. Detroit Public Library bldg. Looking east. Cass Gilbert, architect. Irwin & Leighton, builders." Stamped on back: "Charles Ruel Messinger, commercial photographer, 1646 Woodward Ave., Detroit, Mich., Market 6298."
