Main Library under construction
Grab
Description
View at an angle of Main Library, Detroit Public Library during construction, facing northwest. Structural frame of building with partially completed facade. Scaffolding on side of building; trees in foreground. Printed on front: "No. 34. Taken Mch-13-18. Detroit Public Library bldg., looking northwest. 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:
- bh006267
- Subject:
- Detroit Public Library
- Library buildings--Michigan--Detroit--Design and construction
- Structural frames
- Scaffolding
- Photographers--Michigan--Detroit
- Photographic prints
- Date:
- 1918-03-13
- 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.