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| Title | Bisbee Celebration, Bisbee, N.D. |
| Date of Original | 1905 |
| Description | A large celebration is seen here. Many people gather and pose for this photograph. Behind them several buildings are visible as well as the railroad cars. Notice the snow at bottom, indicting the season. |
| General Subject | People
City & Town Life
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| Subject (LCTGM) | Celebrations
Railroads
Railroad tracks
Railroad cars
Bands
Street lights
Columns
Snow
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| Location | Towner County (N.D.)
Bisbee (N.D.)
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| Decade | 1900-1909
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| Item Number | TCHS-29 |
| Format of Original | Photographic prints
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| Dimensions of Original | 19 x 24.5 cm |
| Transcription | "BISBEE CELEBRATION ABOUT 1905 CELEBRATING THE COMPLETION OF THE GREAT NORTHERN AND SOO RAILROAD CROSSING AT BISBEE, N.D. A BAND WAS THERE FROM EGELAND, AS THE NAME ON THE DRUM IS EGELAND. NOTE THE STREET LIGHT ON THE PORCH PILLAR. THE BISBEE HALL PICTURED HERE WAS DESTROYED IN A FIRE IN 1965" – Typed on label in frame with photograph. |
| Notes | Title created by staff.
Photographer unknown. |
| Biography/History | Bisbee was named after Andrew Bisbee who had traveled to Towner County from Maine. In 1885 he homesteaded there and in the years that followed pioneers from Europe, Canada, and other places in the United States settled the area. |
| Bibliographic Reference | History of Towner County, North Dakota from 1883-1989. (Cando, ND: Towner County Record-Herald, 1989), 285. |
| Repository Institution | Towner County Historical Society
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| Repository Collection | Towner County Historical Society Photograph Collection
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| Credit Line | Towner County Historical Society (TCHS-29) |
| Rights Management | Copyright status unknown. |
| Ordering Information | Towner County Historical Society
Attn: Anita Barrett, President
108 4th Avenue
Munich, ND 58352
(701) 682-5106
Email: dabar@utma.com
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| Grant | NHPRC SNAP Grant 2009-2010 NAR10-RC-10062-09 |
| Digital ID | dmTCHS29 |
