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| Title | Repairing telephone lines after 1957 tornado, Fargo, N.D. |
| Date of Original | 1957-06 |
| Creator | Olson, Cal, 1924-2009
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| Creator Role | Photographer
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| Description | A telephone repair truck with ladder up to a telephone pole. A canvas enclosure is visible on the telephone pole. A house is visible at right. Photograph taken at night. |
| Ordering Information | Consult: http://library.ndsu.edu/ndsuarchives/duplication-services |
| General Subject | Communication
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| Subject (LCTGM) | Telephone lines
Utility poles
Telephone companies
Trucks
Night work
Night photographs
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| Subject (LCSH) | Tornado damage
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| Organization Name | Northwestern Bell Telephone Company
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| Location | Fargo (N.D.)
Cass County (N.D.)
North Dakota
United States
Fargo (N.D.) - Tornado, 1957
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| Decade | 1950-1959
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| Item Number | 2098.s53 |
| Negative Number | 2098.s53 |
| Format of Original | Acetate negatives
Safety film negatives
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| Dimensions of Original | 6 x 6 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 | "Night work: Cable splicers for Northwestern Bell Telephone Co. worked on poles under canvas huts like the one shown above Monday and Tuesday nights. The lights inside the huts cast an eerie glow over parts of the disaster area." - caption with image published in The Fargo Forum, June 26, 1957, p. 1. |
| Notes | Title supplied by staff. |
| 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.s53) |
| Rights Management | Copyright held by Institute for Regional Studies. |
| Language | eng; |
| Digital ID | co000081 |
| Original Source | Negative |
