Office building viewed from an upper floor across street. Arched windows with architectural trim; dentil trim at roofline; parapet; pediments. Men at several windows; four men standing near entrance. Signs on windows read: "Michigan Farmer," "Metropolitan Life Ins. Co.," "Commercial Advertiser," "Champion Carpet Beater." Handwritten on mat back: "North side Larned bet. Griswold & Shelby, 1884. 40-44 Larned St., West. 1."