View of framework of Main Library, Detroit Public Library during construction. Tower and crane on construction site; brick wall, shed and stack of lumber in foreground. Printed on front: "No. 152. Taken Aug. 14-15. Detroit Public Library bldg. Looking northeast. Cass Gilbert, architect. Irwin & Leighton, builders." Stamped on back: "Charles Ruel Messinger, commercial photographer, 1646 Woodward Ave., Detroit, Mich., Market 6298."
