View of framework of Main Library, Detroit Public Library during construction. Fence posts and overgrown field in foreground. Printed on front: "No. 1. Taken Aug-29-17. Detroit Public Library bldg. Looking nort [sic] east. [blank] architects. Geo. A. Fuller Co., builders. Chas. R. Messinger, photographer." Stamped on back: "Charles R. Messinger, commercial photographer, 1646 Woodward Ave., Detroit, Mich., Market 6298."
