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| Title | Fire fighters fighting the Earle Hotel fire, Fargo, N.D. |
| Date of Original | 1951-12-13 |
| Description | Fire fighters with their hoses trained on the Earle Hotel fire. DeLendrecie's department store is visible in the background. |
| Ordering Information | Consult: http://library.ndsu.edu/ndsuarchives/duplication-services |
| General Subject | Business & Industry
City & Town Life
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| Subject (LCTGM) | Hotels
Fires
Fire fighters
Fire fighting
Firefighting equipment
Hoses
Department stores
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| Organization Name | deLendrecie's (Fargo, N.D.)
Earle Hotel (Fargo, N.D.)
Waldorf Hotel (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 - 600 block
Fargo (N.D.) - Main Avenue - 700 block
Fargo (N.D.) - 7th Street S.
Fargo (N.D.) - 7th Street S. - 00 block
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| Decade | 1950-1959
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| Item Number | 4x5P-311 |
| Negative Number | 4x5P-311 neg. |
| Format of Original | Film negatives
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| Dimensions of Original | 14 x 10 cm. |
| Notes | Title supplied by staff.
Photographer unknown. |
| Biography/History | Hotel built originally as the Waldorf Hotel in 1899, and name changed to Earle Hotel close to time of fire. The four alarm fire started about 7 a.m., Thursday December 13, 1951, in the northwest corner of the third floor. Three people were killed, former Fargo postmaster Winfield S. Hooper, age 79; Mabel A. Sampson, age 76, and Catherine Morton, age 84. |
| Repository Institution | North Dakota State University Libraries, Institute for Regional Studies
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| Repository Collection | Institute for Regional Studies Negative Collection
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| Credit Line | Institute for Regional Studies, NDSU, Fargo (4x5P-311) |
| Language | eng
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| Digital ID | rs005294 |
| Original Source | Negative |
