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	Woman leading crowd in song at groundbreaking for new North Dakota capitol building Title Woman leading crowd in song at groundbreaking for new North Dakota capitol building Date of Original 1932-08-13 Description A women with her hands in the air, and appearing to be conducting the crowd in song. A microphone on a stand nearby. Crowd of people behind her appear to be singing. Ordering Information Consult: http://library.ndsu.edu/ndsuarchives/duplication-services General Subject People Social Life & Customs Subject (LCTGM) Ground breaking ceremonies Capitols Singing Conducting Women Subject (LCSH) Microphone Organization Name North Dakota State Capitol (Bismarck, N.D.) Location Bismarck (N.D.) Burleigh County (N.D.) North Dakota United States Decade 1930-1939 Item Number 477.12.27 Format of Original Gelatin silver prints Dimensions of Original 10 x 13 cm. Notes Title supplied by staff. Photographer unknown. Biography/History The North Dakota State Capitol groundbreaking ceremony took place August 13, 1932, with Gov. George F. Shafer turning the first sod. The ceremony featured chief justice of the State Supreme Court A. M. Christianson as master of ceremonies. The Rev. Opie S. Rindahl gave the invocation. Mrs. James H. Cooper led the crowd in singing "America". Elita McArdle, of the North Dakota Federation of Women's Clubs presented 50 volumes on the lives of pioneer mothers to the State Federation president, Mrs. A. E. Jones and Col. C. B. Little of the State Historical Society. The benediction was given by Rev. Walter E. Vater. Repository Institution North Dakota State University Libraries, Institute for Regional Studies Repository Collection Frank Anders Photograph Collection 477 Collection Finding Aid Consult: http://hdl.handle.net/10365/910 Credit Line Institute for Regional Studies, NDSU, Fargo (477.12.27) Language eng Digital ID rs004833 Original Source Photograph
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