The Continental Building (c. 1906)

ID: 872 ~ Source: Detroit Publishing Company ~ Date: c. 1906

This file appears in: Dashiell Hammett and the Continental Trust Company Building

View of The Continental Building.

This file appears in: Dashiell Hammett and the Continental Trust Company Building

Dashiell Hammett and the Continental Trust Company Building

Dashiell Hammett found inspiration for his great detective novels like "The Maltese Falcon" and "The Thin Man" by working at the Pinkerton Detective Agency in what was then known as the Continental Trust Building. He experienced the seedy underbelly…