Brick commercial building viewed at an angle across street. Three men by building corner. Horse-drawn carriages and wagons on streets. Signs on building read: "Farrand, Williams & Co. drugs; Farrand, Williams & Co. oils; wholesale druggist." Other buildings visible including laboratory and warehouse and printing house. Stamped on mat back: "Farmer Bros., photographers, Detroit, Mich." Handwritten on card back: "[?] about 1881. 11-17 Larned St., East. Built in 1872. Illus. in Farmer, Silas - History of Detroit ..., 1:773."
