View of soldiers in formation with crowd of spectators on street and in buildings in background. Presentation of colors to the 1st Michigan Infantry on their departure, May 11, 1861, ceremony on the Campus Martius, H.R. Andrew's Rail-Road Hotel in the center background (site of the later Detroit Opera House). Signs include: [?] lamps; Marcus Stevens & Co., furniture; J.S. Jenness; Henry C. Ripley, grocer; livery stable; H.R. Andrews Rail-Road Hotel; Odd Fellows' Hall; Melodeon manufactory. Also have print and stereocard from negative. Handwritten on duplicate print back: "Presentation of colors to First Mich. Infantry, May 11, 1861. Andrew's Railroad Hotel. Spire of First Presbyterian Church. Jex Bardwell." Recorded in glass negative ledger: "D/History-Civil War."
