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Victorian Era Postcard

Date: 11 17 1909
Description: Colorized view depicting men and women office workers taking a break in a celebratory mode. Two of the women are taking a sheet off the calendar on the wal...
Photograph

Katherine Dexter McCormick on a Grain Binder

Date: 08 1905
Description: Three men in suits work on an International Harvester grain binder while Katherine Dexter McCormick sits in the seat of the machine. The man bent over the ...
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Katherine Dexter McCormick Operating a Grain Binder

Date: 08 1905
Description: Katherine Dexter McCormick operating a horse-drawn grain binder on a 1,320 acre farm near west of Fargo, North Dakota. The five men following the binder ar...
Photograph

Native American on Horse

Date: 1902
Description: Portrait of Native American on horseback. A similar photograph that appeared in the Williston Press, January 11, 1951, dated it as 1902.
Photograph

Snow-Covered Railroad Car

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Description: Two men standing on top of a snow-covered railroad car. The top of the steam locomotive is the only area visible of the train. Photograph reads, "On the Ma...
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Fort Union

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Description: An illustrated view of Fort Union (on the North Dakota-Montana boundary), with an Indian encampment.
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Buffalo Hunting

Date: 1907
Description: Depiction of Native Americans buffalo hunting in North Dakota on horseback. A copy of a painting, possibly from 1907. Caption reads: "Buffalo Hunting in th...
Photograph

Northern Pacific Railroad Depot

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Description: View of the Northern Pacific Railroad Depot, with three men standing in the empty train yard. In the distance is a water tower and other buildings.
Photograph

Great Northern Depot

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Description: View of the Great Northern railroad depot, with a train pulling into the station while people wait near the depot. Several carts with luggage, milk contain...
Photograph

Harvesting Wheat

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Description: Agricultural workers harvesting wheat. Several teams of horses are pulling agricultural machinery while workers gather the wheat into bundles. Caption read...
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Harvesting Grain

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Description: View of workers using teams of horses to harvest grain. The horses pull agricultural machinery which harvests the grain. A barn and another farm building a...
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Breaking Sod

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Description: View toward two men on two tractors breaking sod in a field.
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Lyric Theatre and Grand Lodge of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows

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Description: View from street of two people walking on the sidewalk near an automobile parked at the curb. They are heading toward a street corner outside the Lyric The...
Photograph

Farm and Field

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Description: Composite view of a farm (above) and a view of cutting wheat in a field. Decorative elements appear on either side at the top.
Photograph

Main Street

Date: 1910
Description: View of Main Street looking north across Central Avenue. The business district features several shops and small businesses.
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Business District

Date: 1910
Description: View down Main Street looking south across First Avenue. Automobiles park outside shops and small businesses.
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Street Scene

Date: 1910
Description: Street scene in front of a garage labeled Dolloff Block, 1906. Men stand outside Moore Motor Company and J.M. Deeter & Son's Pop Corn Crispetts stand. A si...
Photograph

Main Street

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Description: View down Main Street featuring Rathman Hall Company and small businesses.
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Business District

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Description: View of a business district intersection with a man climbing in the telephone wires overhead. An automobile is double-parked on the street.
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Business District

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Description: View of a business district intersection with a man perched in the telephone wires overhead. The Gladstone Hotel, built in 1908, is visible to his right.

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