Foundation excavation, Hotel Pontchartrain under construction

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Description

View of workers excavating foundation for the Hotel Pontchartrain. Majestic Building and "Russell House, Detroit, Mich. W.C.K. & Co., date 7-2-06" sign in background. Typed on front: "Hotel Pontchartrain. General view looking west." Stamped on back: "W.D. Benham, commercial photographer, 414 Wetherbee Bldg., Detroit, Mich."

Details

Creator:: Benham, W.D.
Resource ID:: bh029431
Subject:: Hotels--Michigan--Detroit--Design and construction; Foundations--Michigan--Detroit--Design and construction; Construction workers--Michigan--Detroit; Westinghouse, Church, Kerr & Company; Photographers--Michigan--Detroit; Photographic prints
Date:: 1906-07-02
Format:: 1 photographic print mounted on fabric ; 7.5 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.