View of an unidentified building on the northeast corner of Bates and Larned. Men stand in front of building; workmen in street; construction and repair in street; barrels; stack of lumber; horse-drawn buggies in street; whitewash in lower-level windows. Sign on sidewalk reads: "S. Simon & Co. will occupy this store." Sign on building next door: "Fechheimer, Hart & Co., importers wines, liquors." Corner of Franklin House Hotel is partially visible on right. Handwritten on back: "N.E. corner Bates & Larned, Franklin House on S.E. corner; temporary P.O. and Federal Building including P.O. recruiting for Coast Guard, 1931-1934." Stamped on back: "From Alvord & Co., exclusively commercial photographers, 45 Rowland St., Detroit, Mich., ground floor." Stamped on back: "Donaldson & Meier, architects, 88 & 89 Moffat Block, Detroit, Mich."
