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| Title | T. Melvin Lee duck hunting, Valley City, N.D. |
| Date of Original | 192- |
| Description | View of Thomas Melvin Lee holding his shot gun leaning against a car that has a string of twenty one birds. There are two homes in the background. |
| General Subject | Transportation
Sports & Recreation
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| Subject (LCTGM) | Hunting
Automobiles
Ducks
People
Men
Birds
Firearms
Rifles
Buildings
Homes & haunts
Houses
Porches
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| Personal Name | Lee, Thomas Melvin, 1885-1940
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| Location | Valley City (N.D.)
Barnes County (N.D.)
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| Decade | 1920-1929
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| Item Number | BC 3-2-1 |
| Format of Original | Photographic prints
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| Dimensions of Original | 12 x 17 cm. |
| Transcription | "3.2.1" and "Pres. Of Middlewest Trust CO. lived at 825 Helena Ave. (468 6th St. NW)"--Handwritten on back of photograph.
" T. Melvin Lee Duck hunting in the 1920s"--Printed on the back of the photograph. |
| Notes | Photographer unknown. |
| Biography/History | Thomas Melvin Lee was born March 3, 1885 in Norman Township, Barnes County. In 1913 he became associated with former Governor Frank White in the insurance business and the Middlewest Trust Company. Col. White was called into service and Melvin Lee became president in 1922. The bank was sold in 1929, and he formed his own insurance and Farm Loan business. On June 16, 1915 he married Ruth Wilkins of Tabor Iowa. He died as the result of an automobile accident on Oct. 28, 1940. |
| Bibliographic Reference | Information from page 139 in Barnes County History, Barnes County, North Dakota. Printed by Taylor Publishing Company, 1976. |
| Repository Institution | Barnes County Historical Society
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| Repository Collection | Barnes County Historical Society Photograph Collection
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| Credit Line | Barnes County Historical Society (BC 3-2-1) |
| Rights Management | Copyright status unknown.
Owned by Barnes County Historical Society. |
| Ordering Information | Barnes County Historical Society address:
315 Central Ave. N.
Valley City, ND 58072
Phone number: 701-845-0966
Fax: 701-845-4282
Email: bchistoricalsociety@hotmail.com |
| Grant | NHPRC SNAP Grant 2008-2009, NAR08-RC-10021-08 |
| Digital ID | dmBC321 |
