View across Campus Martius toward Detroit Opera House. Crowd in foreground; horse-drawn vehicles and streetcars. Signs include Wright & Kay, National Loan Investments, Industrial Association, Victor Cash Register Co., Hamlyn & Fordyce, Michell's, Chas. H. Werner Crockery & Glassware. Tall building being constructed behind Opera House (steel beams). Handwritten on mat back: "125 Ewald (?) & Woodward. Samuel E. Thomas, 38 Buhl Block. c.1890s." Mat marked and edges worn.
