Construction site on Shelby Street

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Construction site on Shelby Street
Description:
Workers in a pit gathering bricks and rubble into wheelbarrows and sacks, for building demolition and/or construction. Building behind has sign for "Murphy & Brown Automobile & Carriage Painting & Repairing, 97 Shelby St." Penciled on photo front: "1912." Handwritten on back: "Shelby Street between Fort and Congress Streets, 1914."
Details
Resource ID:
DPA4445
Subject:
Construction workers--Michigan--Detroit
Vacant lands--Michigan--Detroit
Streets--Michigan--Detroit
Photographic prints
Date Issued:
1912 to 1914
Format:
1 photographic print mounted on stock ; image 8 x 10 in.
Member of:
Burton Historical Collection
Filing Location:
D/Streets-Shelby
Rights:
Physical rights are retained by DPL. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright laws.