Foundation excavation, Main Library
Grab
Description
View of excavation for foundation of Main Library, Detroit Public Library. Wooden ramp in foreground; excavating tower with sluice in background. Numerous boards on construction site. Printed on front: "No. 122. Taken April 5-15. Detroit Public Library bldg. Looking west. 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:
- bh006190
- Subject:
- Detroit Public Library
- Library buildings--Michigan--Detroit--Design and construction
- Foundations--Michigan--Detroit--Design and construction
- Excavating machinery--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.