Hotel Pontchartrain under construction

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Description

View of construction workers building structural framework of the Hotel Pontchartrain. Man with barrels and wheelbarrow in foreground. "Russell House, Detroit, Mich. W.C.K. & Co., date 9-13-06" sign in background. Typed on front: "Raising girder no. 1. Weight 27, 307 lbs."

Details

Resource ID:: bh029452
Subject:: Hotels--Michigan--Detroit--Design and construction; Structural frames; Construction workers--Michigan--Detroit; Westinghouse, Church, Kerr & Company; Photographic prints
Date:: 1906-09-13
Format:: 1 photographic print mounted on fabric ; 9.25 x 7.25 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.