Majestic Building
Grab
Description
View of Majestic Building under construction; men working on facade; steel girders; piles of construction materials in front of building. Sign on building: "The Mabley & Company Building, to be 14 stories (211 ft) high; the most costly and highest commercial structure in Michigan and the highest department store in America, clothing, furnishings, shoes, hats, etc., Mabley & Company." Stamped on back: "Grand central gallery, A.W. Greene, theatrical & commercial photographer, interior and exterior viewing, 41 & 43 Monroe Ave., Detroit."
Details
- Creator:
- Greene, Adolphus W.
- Resource ID:
- DPA4750
- Subject:
- Office buildings--Michigan--Detroit
- Skyscrapers--Design and construction
- Mabley & Company
- Burnham, Daniel Hudson, 1846-1912
- Photographers--Michigan--Detroit
- Photographic prints
- Date:
- unknown
- Format:
- 1 photographic print mounted on mat board ; image 10 x 13.75 in.
- Department:
- Burton Historical Collection
- Location:
- LD/Buildings-Majestic
- Copyright:
- Physical rights are retained by DPL. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright laws.