Main Library under construction
Grab
Description
View at an angle of Main Library, Detroit Public Library during construction, facing southwest. Structural frame of building with partially completed facade. Scaffolding adjacent to building; snow in foreground. Printed on front: "No. 24. Taken Jan-19-18. Detroit Public Library bldg., looking southwest. Cass Gilbert, architect. Geo. A. Fuller Co., builders." Stamped on back: "Charles R. Messinger, commercial photographer, 1646 Woodward Ave., Detroit, Mich., Market 6298."
Details
- Creator:
- Messinger, Charles R.
- Resource ID:
- bh006257
- Subject:
- Detroit Public Library
- Library buildings--Michigan--Detroit--Design and construction
- Structural frames
- Scaffolding
- Photographers--Michigan--Detroit
- Photographic prints
- Date:
- 1918-01-19
- Format:
- 1 photographic print mounted on fabric ; image 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.