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| Title | Earle Hotel lobby covered in ice after fire, Fargo, N.D. |
| Date of Original | 1951-12-15 |
| Creator | Olson, Cal, 1924-2009
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| Creator Role | Photographer
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| Description | Hotel lobby with furnishings covered with ice after fire. Icicles hang from ceiling, chandeliers and railings of staircase leading to second floor. |
| Ordering Information | Consult: http://library.ndsu.edu/ndsuarchives/duplication-services |
| General Subject | City & Town Life
Business & Industry
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| Subject (LCTGM) | Fires
Lobbies
Hotels
Ice
Interiors
Stairways
Furniture
Debris
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| Organization Name | Earle Hotel (Fargo, N.D.)
Waldorf Hotel (Fargo, N.D.)
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| Location | Fargo (N.D.)
Cass County (N.D.)
North Dakota
United States
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| Address | Fargo (N.D.) - Main Avenue
Fargo (N.D.) - Main Avenue - 700 block
Fargo (N.D.) - 7th Street S.
Fargo (N.D.) - 7th Street S. - 00 block
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| Decade | 1950-1959
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| Item Number | 2098.74 |
| Negative Number | 2098.74 |
| Format of Original | Film negatives
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| Dimensions of Original | 10 x 13 cm. |
| Publisher of Original | Forum Publishing Company (Fargo, N.D.)
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| Place of Publication | Fargo (N.D.)
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| Transcription | "A general view of the Earle hotel lobby, looking northward from the hotel newsstand." - caption with image published in the Fargo Forum & Daily Republican, Dec. 16, 1951, p. 42. |
| Notes | Title supplied by staff. |
| Biography/History | Hotel built originally as the Waldorf Hotel in 1899, and name changed to Earle Hotel close to time of fire. The four alarm fire started about 7 a.m., Thursday December 13, 1951, in the northwest corner of the third floor. Three people were killed, former Fargo postmaster Winfield S. Hooper, age 79; Mabel A. Sampson, age 76, and Catherine Morton, age 84. |
| Repository Institution | North Dakota State University Libraries, Institute for Regional Studies
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| Repository Collection | Cal Olson Photograph Collection 2098
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| Collection Finding Aid | Consult: http://hdl.handle.net/10365/12634 |
| Credit Line | Institute for Regional Studies, NDSU, Fargo (2098.74) |
| Rights Management | Copyright held by Institute for Regional Studies. |
| Language | eng; |
| Digital ID | co000030 |
| Original Source | Negative |
