Large group of men, with some boys, posed on steps of Detroit City Hall. Board formed in 1873 to determine amount for bonds put to vote; abolished 1881 and reinstated 1887. Typed on label on mat back: "Detroit Board of Estimates, 1905. Front row, from left: Thomas Davey, Walter Beckwith, Otto Reinhardt, George W. Mutter, George T. Gaston, William W. Hannan, Frank A. Rasch. Second row, from left: DeWitt H. Taylor, James S. Holden, Thomas G. Craig, Duncan Stewart, Reinhold Ritter, Edward Barnett, Henry Richardson, Thomas Hislop, [unknown], Percy A. Kempt, William Dupont, George E. Hutton, Ed. Schneider (?). third row, from left: William A. Schneider, John N. Jantz, Jr., William W. Robinson, [2 unknown], John C. Frey, [unknown], John F. Behlow, [4 unknown], C. Henry Von Essen, ___ Meek (?), ___ Schantz (?), Louis H. Lempke, H. Kramer (?)."
