Foundation excavation, Main Library
Grab
Description
View of excavation for foundation of Main Library, Detroit Public Library. Blurred image of horse-drawn wagon in foreground; men drive horse-drawn wagons inside foundation. Sign on steam shovel: "M.E. Ryan & Son, Detroit, Mich." Printed on front: "No. 107. Taken Mch-1-15. Detroit Public Library bldg. Looking southwest. 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:
- bh006175
- Subject:
- Detroit Public Library
- Library buildings--Michigan--Detroit--Design and construction
- Foundations--Michigan--Detroit--Design and construction
- Steam shovels--Michigan--Detroit
- Horse-drawn vehicles--Michigan--Detroit
- Photographers--Michigan--Detroit
- Photographic prints
- Date:
- 1915-03-01
- 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.