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| Title | Automobile on earthen levee, Fargo, N.D. |
| Date of Original | 1959 |
| Description | View showing an automobile driving on top of earthen levee. Garbage cans and laundry hanging on a clothes line visible in the foreground. |
| Ordering Information | Consult: http://library.ndsu.edu/ndsuarchives/duplication-services |
| General Subject | City & Town Life
Transportation
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| Subject (LCTGM) | Levees
Automobiles
Flood control
Clotheslines
Laundry
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| Organization Name | United States. Army. Corps of Engineers. St. Paul District
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| Location | Fargo (N.D.)
Cass County (N.D.)
North Dakota
United States
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| Address | Fargo (N.D.) - 7th Avenue S.
Fargo (N.D.) - 7th Avenue S. - 300 block
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| Decade | 1950-1959
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| Item Number | 2061.21.7 |
| Format of Original | Gelatin silver prints
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| Dimensions of Original | 21 x 26 cm. |
| Transcription | "U.S. Army Engineer District, St. Paul Corps of Engineers, 1217 U.S. Post Office and Custom House, St. Paul 1, Minn. Protection of residential areas is the principal purpose of this newly constructed earth levee in the vicinity of Seventh Avenue S., Fargo, N.D. The Fargo levee and channel improvement is part of the comprehensive plan for the Red River of the North drainage basin authorized by the Congress in 1948 and 1950. The plan is now being carried out in Fargo under the Army Corps of Engineers. A car uses the temporary roadway atop the levee in the background." - typed on paper included with photograph.
BCA 362-095" - "handwritten on back of photograph. |
| Notes | Title supplied by staff.
Photographer unknown. |
| Repository Institution | North Dakota State University Libraries, Institute for Regional Studies
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| Repository Collection | Fargo Water Treatment Plant Photograph Collection 2061
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| Collection Finding Aid | Consult: http://hdl.handle.net/10365/982 |
| Credit Line | Institute for Regional Studies, NDSU, Fargo (2061.21.7) |
| Language | eng
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| Digital ID | rs010712 |
| Original Source | photographic print |
