Groundbreaking ceremony for Main Library, Detroit Public Library
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Description
View of Detroit Library commissioner Herbert Bowen, holding a shovel, with other dignitaries at the groundbreaking ceremony for the Main Library, Detroit Public Library. Divie B. Duffield on far right. E.S. Piggins is indicated by handwriting on front: "Mr. Piggins." "Mr. Bowen" and "Mr. Duffield" is handwritten on front, indicating these commissioners. Stamped on back: "Spooner & Wells, photographers. 1231 Woodward Ave., Detroit, Mich."
Details
- Creator:
- Spooner & Wells
- Resource ID:
- bh010402
- Subject:
- Detroit Public Library
- Library buildings--Michigan--Detroit
- Shovels--Michigan--Detroit
- Photographers--Michigan--Detroit
- Photographic prints
- Date:
- 1915-01
- Format:
- 1 photographic print mounted on fabric ; 7.5 x 9.5 in.
- Department:
- Burton Historical Collection
- Location:
- D/Libraries-Detroit Public, 1921-(Cass Gilbert Coll.)-Exterior, January 1915
- Copyright:
- Physical rights are retained by DPL. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright laws.