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| Title | Dr. Nils Tronnes and others in Norway |
| Date of Original | 189- |
| Description | A large group of people, mostly men with four women, pose outside for a studio portrait on the steps of the entrance to a building. The men are dressed in suits, bowties, suitcoats, and one has a top hat on. The women are in dreses with jackets, and three are wearing hats. |
| General Subject | Health & Medicine
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| Subject (LCTGM) | People
Physicians
Group portraits
Suits (Clothing)
Top hats
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| Personal Name | Tronnes, Nils, 1876-1958
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| Organization Name | St. Luke's Hospital (Fargo, N.D.)
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| Location | Norway
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| Decade | 1890-1899
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| Item Number | S4975.5135.12.3 |
| Format of Original | Photographic prints
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| Dimensions of Original | 16 x 21 cm. |
| Transcription | "Dr. Tronnes" and "Dr. Nils Tronnes Second from the left last row, taken in Norway Late 1800s" -- Handwritten on back of photograph. |
| Notes | Title supplied by staff.
Photographer unknown. |
| Biography/History | Dr. Nils Tronnes came to Fargo in 1904 from Norway, and with Dr. Olaf Sand he started a small hospital called St. Olaf's. Together, with several other doctors and community members they organized St. Luke's Hospital and the Fargo Clinic. Dr. Tronnes detailed journal revealed that he and Dr. Sand (co-founding physician) performed about 12,000 surgical operations during their 47 years of practice in Fargo. He was elected to the American College of Surgeons in 1920. |
| Repository Institution | Cass County Historical Society
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| Repository Collection | Cass County Historical Society Photography Collection 2070 (Institute for Regional Studies, NDSU, Fargo)
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| Credit Line | Cass County Historical Society, Bonanzaville, West Fargo (S4975, 5135, Box 12, Folder 3) |
| Ordering Information | http://www.bonanzaville.org/main.php,
(701) 282-2822
Cass County Historical Society
1351 West Main Ave.
West Fargo, ND 58078 |
| Grant | NHPRC SNAP Grant 2008-2009, NAR08-RC-10021-08 |
| Digital ID | dm114 |
