Digital Collection
2011.044.024

Print, Photographic

Photographic print with a slight sepia-tone depicting City Hall as viewed from an elevated position above Michigan Avenue and Griswold Street, facing southeast. The First National Building, the Vinton Building, the City-County Building under construction, the Hammond Building, the Guardian Building, the Dime Building, and First Federal Savings are all visible as well. Billboards are posted for Maxwell House Coffee, and the Michigan Bank. "The Detroit News, Detroit, Mich." is embossed in the lower right corner. "1953 Present City Hall with framework of new City County Bldg in background" handwritten on verso.

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