Main Library under construction
Grab
Description
View at an angle of Main Library, Detroit Public Library during construction, facing southwest. Facade of building nearly complete; scaffolding on side. Cranes on roof. Printed on front: "No. 72. Taken July-23-18. 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:
- bh006306
- Subject:
- Detroit Public Library
- Library buildings--Michigan--Detroit--Design and construction
- Scaffolding
- Photographers--Michigan--Detroit
- Photographic prints
- Date:
- 1918-07-23
- 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.