Burns Block
Grab
Description
Office building with horse-drawn carriages in front, two men and a boy on steps. Signs include: "Detroit Fire & Marine Insurance," "Washington Life Insurance Co.," "J.A. Waterfall Real Estate Agency," "Stubensky & Lanyon Coal & Wood," "C.C. Chadwick Coal & Wood," "R.G. Dun & Co., The Mercantile Agency," "C.M. Swift Law Office," and "W.W. Leggett, Notary, Patent Law & Soliciting, agt Brush Electric Light Co." Signs in neighboring buildings include: "J.B. Stevens" (shoemaker), "Equitable Life Assurance Society," "New York Life Insurance Co.," "Waterman Real Estate Exchange." Handwritten on mat back: "Burns block, 88 & 90 Griswold, about 1881. Between Larned & Congress east side."
Details
- Resource ID:
- DPA1830
- Subject:
- Office buildings--Michigan--Detroit
- Albumen prints
- Photographic prints
- Date:
- c.1881
- Format:
- 1 photographic print mounted on mat board ; image 8.25 x 6 in.
- Department:
- Burton Historical Collection
- Location:
- D/Buildings-Burns Block
- Copyright:
- Physical rights are retained by DPL. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright laws.