Boys with band instruments, most in uniform, posed on steps of stone building. Band leader at base of stairs; other men back by doorway. Printed on drum: "Detroit Evening News newsboys band. The great daily of Michigan." Embossed on mat front: "D.D. Spellman." Handwritten on mat back: "Detroit News newsboys band, ca. 1898, in front of Det. News Bldg., Shelby at Larned. J. Theill."
