Hotel Pontchartrain under construction
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Description
View of Hotel Pontchartrain during construction. Steel beams and girders rise from foundation. Three workers pose on side of foundation; man in foreground holds "Russell House, Detroit, Mich. W.C.K. & Co., date 8-25-06" sign. Wooden-frame building with "Westinghouse, Church, Kerr & Co. Engineers" sign and Detroit City Hall in background. Typed on front: "Looking west."
Details
- Resource ID:
- bh009860
- Subject:
- Hotels--Michigan--Detroit--Design and construction
- Foundations--Michigan--Detroit--Design and construction
- Construction workers--Michigan--Detroit
- Westinghouse, Church, Kerr & Company
- Photographic prints
- Date:
- 1906-08-25
- Format:
- 1 photographic print mounted on fabric ; 7.25 x 9.5 in.
- Department:
- Burton Historical Collection
- Location:
- D/Hotels-Pontchartrain-Construction
- Copyright:
- Physical rights are retained by DPL. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright laws.