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| Title | Dogsled team running down Main Avenue, Fargo, N.D. |
| Date of Original | 1917-01-29 |
| Description | A sled and team of dogs running down lower Main Avenue (Front Street), Fargo, N.D. There are children and adults running along side the team. In the background, on the right side of the street is the Dakota Monument Company, and on the left is a sign for "Little Red Grocery, M. Letofsky", and the word "Restaurant" printed across the top of the building. There is snow on the street. Musher likely Bill Grayson, based upon identification on similar photograph in collection. |
| Ordering Information | Consult: http://library.ndsu.edu/ndsuarchives/duplication-services |
| General Subject | City & Town Life
Sports & Recreation
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| Subject (LCTGM) | Dogsledding
Dog teams
Dogs
Streets
Children
People
Running
Winter
Snow
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| Organization Name | Little Red Grocery (Fargo, N.D.)
Dakota Monument Company (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 - 50-99 block
Fargo (N.D.) - Main Avenue - 100 block
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| Decade | 1910-1919
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| Item Number | 2007.0103-06 |
| Negative Number | 2007.0103-06 |
| Format of Original | Film negatives
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| Dimensions of Original | 9 x 15 cm. |
| Notes | Title supplied by staff.
Photographer unknown. |
| Biography/History | Event likely the Red River dog derby race, from Winnipeg, Canada to St. Paul, Minn. The dog teams passed through Fargo on Jan. 29, 1917.
The 1916 Fargo-Moorhead city directory lists Maurice Letofsky, grocer at 96 Front Street, and Dakota Monument Company at 101 Front Street. |
| Repository Institution | North Dakota State University Libraries, Institute for Regional Studies
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| Repository Collection | Fargo Homes Photograph Collection 2007
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| Credit Line | Institute for Regional Studies, NDSU, Fargo (2007.0103-06) |
| Rights Management | Copyright held by the Institute for Regional Studies. |
| Language | eng
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| Digital ID | rs000421 |
| Original Source | Negative |
