Foundation excavation, Main Library

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Foundation excavation, Main Library
Description:
View of excavation for foundation of Main Library, Detroit Public Library. Lumber piled in wagon on right; tower and sluice in background. Printed on front: "No. 118. Taken Mch-30-15. Detroit Public Library bldg. Looking west. Cass Gilbert, architect. Irwin & Leighton, builders." Stamped on back: "Charles Ruel Messinger, commercial photographer, 1646 Woodward Ave., Detroit, Mich., phone Hemlock 2186, phone North 6298."
Details
Resource ID:
bh006186
Creator:
Messinger, Charles R.
Subject:
Detroit Public Library
Library buildings--Michigan--Detroit--Design and construction
Foundations--Michigan--Detroit--Design and construction
Excavating machinery--Michigan--Detroit
Photographers--Michigan--Detroit
Photographic prints
Date Issued:
1915-03-30
Format:
1 photographic print mounted on fabric ; 7.5 x 9.5 in.
Member of:
Burton Historical Collection
Filing Location:
D/Libraries-DPL-Main-Construction
Rights:
Physical rights are retained by DPL. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright laws.