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| Title | Fargo Post Office & Federal Building under construction |
| Date of Original | 1930? |
| Creator | Anderson, David, 1883-1962
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| Creator Role | Photographer
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| Description | View taken of the southwest corner of Post Office and Federal Building in Fargo, N.D. under construction. View show building with masonry completed up to the first level. Limestone blocks litter the ground in the foreground of the view. Several construction workers visible in the scene. |
| 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
Courthouses
Post offices
Construction workers
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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
Fargo (N.D.) - 7th Street N.
Fargo (N.D.) - 7th Street N. - 100 block
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| Decade | 1930-1939
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| Item Number | 2023.P-82 |
| Negative Number | 2023.P-82 (8 x 10 plastic) |
| Format of Original | Film negatives
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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.P-82) |
| Language | eng
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| Digital ID | rs002515 |
| Original Source | Negative |
