Digital Collection
2026.013.008

Print, Photographic

Black and white photograph taken at the construction site of the Dossin Great Lakes Museum, #8 in a series of 14. The image was taken on December 2, 1959 of the south side of Belle Isle facing the Detroit River, with a partially constructed brick and cinderblock building, surrounded by scaffolding inside and out.

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. #8 Date 12/2/59

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