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| Title | Portrait of Mary Ann Barnes Williams |
| Date of Original | 195-? |
| Description | Portrait of Mary Ann Barnes Williams. She faces towards the camera, wears glasses, and does not smile. |
| General Subject | People
Women
Portraits
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| Subject (LCTGM) | Portrait photographs
Eyeglasses
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| Personal Name | Williams, Mary Ann Barnes, 1885 or 6-1971
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| Decade | 1950-1959
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| Item Number | MC-94 |
| Format of Original | Photographic prints
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| Dimensions of Original | 7 x 12 cm. |
| Transcription | "Mrs. M. K. Williams"--Handwritten on front of photograph. |
| Notes | Title created by staff.
Photographer unknown. |
| Biography/History | Born in Bayard, Iowa in 1885, Mary Ann Barnes Williams was well known locally and throughout North Dakota. She lived in Washburn, N.D. for most of her life.
She attended Valley City Normal College and graduated in 1906. Williams taught school, married in 1911, and moved to Washburn in 1919. Mrs. Williams along with her husband owned and operated Williams Drug Store until 1955. During her time in Washburn she wrote for the Washburn Leader. Mary Ann Barnes Williams was a historian, painter, researcher, and speaker. She died in 1971. |
| Repository Institution | McLean County Historical Society
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| Credit Line | McLean County Historical Society (MC-94) |
| Rights Management | Copyright status unknown. |
| Ordering Information | McLean County Historical Society
Attn: Vivian Merkel, Sec./Curator
P.O. Box 124
Washburn, N.D. 58577
(701) 462-3744
vmerkel@westriv.com
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| Grant | NHPRC SNAP Grant 2008-2009, NAR08-RC-10021-08 |
| Digital ID | dmMC94 |
