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| Title | View of Langhorn, N.D. |
| Date of Original | 190-? |
| Description | Twelve similar wood frame houses with hip roofs as viewed from a distance. Open prairie in foreground. Also visible is a windmill. |
| Ordering Information | Consult: http://library.ndsu.edu/ndsuarchives/duplication-services |
| General Subject | City & Town Life
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| Subject (LCTGM) | Labor housing
Houses
Windmills
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| Location | Langhorne (N.D.)
Wilton (N.D.)
Burleigh County (N.D.)
North Dakota
United States
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| Decade | 1900-1909
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| Item Number | 2000.292.1 |
| Format of Original | Photographic postcards
Gelatin silver prints
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| Dimensions of Original | 9 x 14 cm. |
| Publisher of Original | L. A. Foster Photo Co. (Kewanee, Ill.)
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| Place of Publication | Kewanee (Ill.)
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| Transcription | "Wilton, N.D. Jan 3, 1910. Received your card, many thanks. Hope you had a happy holiday season. My daughter has gone back to school and it is very lonely. Peter tries to break the monotony and succeeds fairly well. Mrs. Pollock." - Handwritten on back of postcard, postmarked from Wilton, N. Dak. [date illegible]. Addressed to Miss Angela Gibson, Cassleton, North Dakota. |
| Notes | Title printed on front of postcard.
Photographer unknown. |
| Biography/History | "Langhorne (Burleigh). This was a coal miners' settlement in SE1/4 Sec. 1-142-80, Ecklund Twp., two miles east of Wilton, at the Washburn Lignite Coal Co. Mine No. 2 It was founded about 1912 and named for the maiden name of one of Gen. W. D. Washburn's daughters-in-law." - North Dakota Place Names, by Douglas A. Wick, p. 109. |
| Repository Institution | North Dakota State University Libraries, Institute for Regional Studies
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| Repository Collection | Ronald Olin North Dakota Postcard Collection 2000
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| Collection Finding Aid | Consult: http://hdl.handle.net/10365/1115 |
| Credit Line | Institute for Regional Studies, NDSU, Fargo (2000.292.1) |
| Language | eng
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| Digital ID | rs003717 |
| Original Source | Postcard |
