View at an angle of Main Library, Detroit Public Library during construction, facing southeast. Structural frame of building with partially completed facade; men work with cranes on roof. Scaffolding on side of building; piles of construction materials on left. Printed on front: "No. 48. Taken May-4-18. Detroit Public Library bldg., looking southeast. Cass Gilbert, architect. Geo. A. Fuller Co., builders." Stamped on back: "Charles R. Messinger, commercial photographer, 1646 Woodward Ave., Detroit, Mich., Market 6298."
