Negative, Glass Plate

1908

A glass plate negative depicting the Mary Street Y.M.C.A.'s cornerstone being lifted into place during a cornerstone-laying ceremony, 1908. Cornerstone is suspended in the air with a rope and pulley. A crowd is seated in the background; three gentlemen stand near the cornerstone at foreground. "Sept. 1908" (date of the ceremony) is etched into emulsion along bottom edge.

P2144