Main Library under construction
Grab
Description
View of framework of Main Library, Detroit Public Library during construction. Tower and sluice in background; debris in foreground. Printed on front: "No. 137. Taken May 24-15. 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 North 6298."
Details
- Creator:
- Messinger, Charles R.
- Resource ID:
- bh006205
- Subject:
- Detroit Public Library
- Library buildings--Michigan--Detroit--Design and construction
- Structural frames
- Excavating machinery--Michigan--Detroit
- Photographers--Michigan--Detroit
- Photographic prints
- Date:
- 1915-05-24
- 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.