Favorite this☆ Beginning excavation for a building Description: Men and horse-drawn wagons on cleared ground. Stone building and frame house in background. Handwritten on mat back: "Excavating for 'skyscraper,' Detroit, 1894." Details Resource ID: DPA1823 Subject: Detroit (Mich.) Skyscrapers--Design and construction Building sites--Michigan--Detroit Albumen prints Photographic prints Date Issued: 1894 Format: 1 photographic print mounted on mat board ; image 3.25 x 4.25 in. Member of: Burton Historical Collection Filing Location: D/Buildings Rights: Physical rights are retained by DPL. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright laws.
