Demolition on future site of National Bank of Detroit building

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Description

View of a power shovel and truck on the site of building demolition. The demolition was in preparation for the future site of the National Bank of Detroit building. Dime Building and Penobscot Building are in background. Handwritten on back: "April, 1957."

Details

Resource ID:: bh019429
Subject:: Wrecking--Michigan--Detroit; Lost architecture--Michigan--Detroit; Construction and demolition debris--Michigan--Detroit; Power shovels--Michigan--Detroit; Trucks--Michigan--Detroit; Detroit Housing Commission--Archives; Photographic prints
Date:: 1957-04
Format:: 1 photographic print ; 8 x 10 in.
Department:: Burton Historical Collection
Location:: MS/Detroit Archives. Housing Commission. National Bank Building. 57:19
Copyright:: Physical rights are retained by DPL. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright laws.