View of framework of Main Library, Detroit Public Library during construction. Cranes on construction site; stacks of building materials in foreground. Printed on front: "No. 145. Taken June 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 North 6298."
