Beginning excavation for a building

Grab

Description

Men and horse-drawn wagons on cleared ground. Stone building and frame house in background. Handwritten on mat back: "Excavating for 'skyscraper,' Detroit, 1894."

Details

Resource ID:: DPA1823
Subject:: Detroit (Mich.); Skyscrapers--Design and construction; Building sites--Michigan--Detroit; Albumen prints; Photographic prints
Date:: 1894
Format:: 1 photographic print mounted on mat board ; image 3.25 x 4.25 in.
Department:: Burton Historical Collection
Location:: D/Buildings
Copyright:: Physical rights are retained by DPL. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright laws.