Foundation excavation, Main Library
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Description
View of excavation for foundation of Main Library, Detroit Public Library. Wooden ramp in foreground; pulley in background. Printed on front: "No. 121. Taken April 5-15. Detroit Public Library bldg. Looking north. 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:
- bh006189
- Subject:
- Detroit Public Library
- Library buildings--Michigan--Detroit--Design and construction
- Foundations--Michigan--Detroit--Design and construction
- Inclined planes--Michigan--Detroit
- Photographers--Michigan--Detroit
- Photographic prints
- Date:
- 1915-04-05
- Format:
- 1 photographic print mounted on fabric ; 7.5 x 9.75 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.