Northeast view of Main Library, Detroit Public Library during construction. Structural frame of building; automobile parked adjacent to scaffolding. Snow-covered bricks in foreground. Printed on front: "No. 20. Taken Jan-10-18. Detroit Public Library bldg., looking northeast. Cass Gilbert, architect. Geo. A. Fuller Co., builders." Stamped on back: "Charles R. Messinger, commercial photographer, 1646 Woodward Ave., Detroit, Mich., Market 6298."
