View of auction houses including the Michigan Ave. Auction Room, Cheap John's Auction Room, and [?] Auction & Commision Rooms, with horse-drawn vehicles in the street. Two men standing. Also have print from negative. Handwritten on albumen print mat back: "Site of City Hall, Michigan Ave. side. Original photograph taken by Jex Bardwell. See: Detroit News. Dec. 29, 1907. Illustrated magazine section, p.6-7." Recorded in glass negative ledger: "D/Buildings-City hall-Site." Emulsion is pulling away from glass negative. Spots on print, pin-holes on mat.
