Durant Building (Detroit, Mich.)
Organization
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
John J. Raskob photographs
Collection
Accession: 1984-248
Abstract:
John Raskob (1879-1950) was a financial executive for the E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co. and General Motors, and builder of the Empire State Building. The collection primarily consists of construction progress photographs of the Durant Building in Detroit, Michighan in 1919 and 1920. There is a small set of images of a renovation at Raskob's Archmere estate in 1916, and a few portraits and snapshots of Raskob.
Dates:
circa 1900-1945; Majority of material found within 1916-1920
