Six story wholesale and office building viewed from across street. Architectural trim, including square pillars on ground floor. Sign reads "Telephone." Handcart on paving by building. Stamped on mat back: "From Alvord & Co., exclusively, commercial photographer, 55 Rowland St. Detroit, Mich., ground floor." Handwritten on mat back: "Telephone Bldg., 1896, e. cor. Clifford & Washington Ave." 16-24 Clifford.