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| Title | Front facade of Post Office and Federal Building, Fargo, N.D. under construction |
| Date of Original | 1930? |
| Creator | Anderson, David, 1883-1962
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| Creator Role | Photographer
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| Description | View of the front (south) facade of Post Office and Federal Building, Fargo, N.D. with completed masonry up to third floor. Building materials visible on ground in front of building. Scaffold visible in front of building with sign stating "Field-Martin Co. Inc. General Contractors". Several construction workers visible on top of building. Three automobiles parked in foreground. |
| Ordering Information | Consult: http://library.ndsu.edu/ndsuarchives/duplication-services |
| General Subject | Politics & Government
Work Life
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| Subject (LCTGM) | Building construction
Masonry
Government facilities
Post offices
Courthouses
Building materials
Scaffolding
Construction workers
Automobiles
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| Organization Name | Federal Building (Fargo, N.D.)
United States Post Office (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.) - 1st Avenue N.
Fargo (N.D.) - 1st Avenue N. - 600 block
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| Decade | 1930-1939
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| Item Number | 2023.32.4 |
| Negative Number | 2023.P-70 (8 x 10 plastic) |
| Format of Original | Film negatives
Gelatin silver prints
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| Dimensions of Original | 20 x 25 cm. |
| Notes | Title supplied by staff. |
| Biography/History | "The old U.S. Post Office and Courthouse, at 655 First Avenue N., built in 1929-30, under the administration of James Knox Taylor, head of the post office in Washington, D.C. The style is Beaux Arts, in dressed stone, with a two-story arcade of fluted Ionic columns between the second and third-story windows. Note the plain stone frieze, dentilled cornice, and balustraded parapet." - Fargo's Heritage, by Norene A. Roberts. 1983, p. 55. |
| Repository Institution | North Dakota State University Libraries, Institute for Regional Studies
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| Repository Collection | David Anderson Photograph Collection 2023
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| Collection Finding Aid | Consult: http://hdl.handle.net/10365/912 |
| Credit Line | Institute for Regional Studies, NDSU, Fargo (2023.32.4) |
| Language | eng
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| Digital ID | rs002503 |
| Original Source | Negative |
