Main Library under construction
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Description
View of framework of Main Library, Detroit Public Library during construction. Crane lowers beams onto building framework. Printed on front: "No. 126. Taken April 20-15. Detroit Public Library bldg. Looking east. Cass Gilbert, architect. Irwin & Leighton, builders." Stamped on back: "Charles Ruel Messinger, commercial photographer, 1646 Woodward Ave., Detroit, Mich., phone Hemlock 2186, phone North 6298."
Details
- Creator:
- Messinger, Charles R.
- Resource ID:
- bh006194
- Subject:
- Detroit Public Library
- Library buildings--Michigan--Detroit--Design and construction
- Structural frames
- Cranes, derricks, etc.--Michigan--Detroit
- Photographers--Michigan--Detroit
- Photographic prints
- Date:
- 1915-04-20
- Format:
- 1 photographic print mounted on fabric ; 7.5 x 9.5 in.
- Department:
- Burton Historical Collection
- Location:
- D/Libraries-DPL-Main-Construction
- Copyright:
- Physical rights are retained by DPL. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright laws.