Groundbreaking ceremony for Main Library, Detroit Public Library

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Groundbreaking ceremony for Main Library, Detroit Public Library
Description:
View of Detroit Library commissioner Herbert Bowen, holding a shovel, with other dignitaries at the groundbreaking ceremony for the Main Library, Detroit Public Library. Divie B. Duffield on far right. E.S. Piggins is indicated by handwriting on front: "Mr. Piggins." "Mr. Bowen" and "Mr. Duffield" is handwritten on front, indicating these commissioners. Stamped on back: "Spooner & Wells, photographers. 1231 Woodward Ave., Detroit, Mich."
Details
Resource ID:
bh010402
Creator:
Spooner & Wells
Subject:
Detroit Public Library
Library buildings--Michigan--Detroit
Shovels--Michigan--Detroit
Photographers--Michigan--Detroit
Photographic prints
Date Issued:
1915-01
Format:
1 photographic print mounted on fabric ; 7.5 x 9.5 in.
Member of:
Burton Historical Collection
Filing Location:
D/Libraries-Detroit Public, 1921-(Cass Gilbert Coll.)-Exterior, January 1915
Rights:
Physical rights are retained by DPL. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright laws.