Digital Collection
2026.013.004

Print, Photographic

Black and white photograph taken at the construction site of the Dossin Great Lakes Museum, #4 in a series of 14. The image was taken on September 9, 1959 of the south side of Belle Isle facing the Detroit River, with several workers in process of constructing a brick wall, and a partially constructed cinderblock wall visible in background.

A label printed over the upper right corner reads:

City of Detroit
Detroit Historical Commission
Contract No. DHS - DGLM
First Unit Dossin Great Lakes Museum
William Edward Kapp - Architect F.A.I.A.
Salvaggio and Sons - Gen. Contractor
No. #4 Date 9/9/59

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