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| Title | Start of Fargo Fire, June 7, 1893, looking east on Front St. from Broadway |
| Date of Original | 1893-06-07 |
| Creator | Flaten, O. E. (Ole E.), 1865-1933
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| Creator Role | Photographer
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| Description | Men working with fire hoses on street with dark smoke rising in background. Brick building on extreme right. |
| Ordering Information | Consult: http://library.ndsu.edu/ndsuarchives/duplication-services |
| General Subject | City & Town Life
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| Subject (LCTGM) | Fires
Firefighting equipment
Disasters
Business districts
Restaurants
Streets
Men
Smoke
Hoses
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| Organization Name | United Block (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 - 500 block
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| Decade | 1890-1899
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| Item Number | 51.30.1; Folio 71.9.1 |
| Negative Number | 120mm-51 (copy neg.) |
| Format of Original | Gelatin silver prints
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| Dimensions of Original | 30 x 35 cm. |
| Publisher of Original | Flaten, O. E. (Ole E.), photographer
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| Place of Publication | Moorhead (Minn.)
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| Transcription | "From the Collection of Mrs. Alexander Stern" - Typed on back of print (51.30.1) |
| Notes | Title handwritten on back of print (51.30.1).
Photograph mounted on cardboard mount (Folio 71.9.1). |
| Biography/History | The Fargo Fire of June 7, 1893 started in the rear of Mrs. Rosa Herzman's dry goods store at 512 Front Street (Main Avenue). The fire spread over much of downtown Fargo, burning nearly 200 buildings. |
| Repository Institution | North Dakota State University Libraries, Institute for Regional Studies
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| Repository Collection | Fargo, N.D. Photograph Collection 51
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| Collection Finding Aid | Consult: http://library.ndsu.edu/archives/collections-institute/photography/holdings/fargo-photograph-holdings |
| Credit Line | Institute for Regional Studies, NDSU, Fargo (51.30.1) |
| Language | eng
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| Digital ID | rs000998 |
| Original Source | Photograph (Folio 71.9.1) |
