Wide-angle view across unpaved street of factory, house, and barn, with other buildings beyond on both sides. Four men in front of factory, with large piles of logs. Wooden house with shutters and some gable trim behind picket fence. Barn is behind board fence. Saplings in wooden frames. Signs on factory read: "J.W. Sutton's Tub & Pail Factory" and "Sutton's Pail Factory." Handwritten on cardboard back: "Sutton Tub & Pail Factory. Residence of J.W. Sutton, 478 Fort St. W., 1881." 1882 Detroit City Directory gives company name as "Detroit Tub & Pail Factory." Photograph mounted on folded cardboard; some damage on ends and fold.
