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| Title | High School, Milnor, N.D. |
| Date of Original | 190-? |
| Description | Three story brick school building with an open bell tower on the front side of building. |
| Ordering Information | Consult: http://library.ndsu.edu/ndsuarchives/duplication-services |
| General Subject | Education
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| Subject (LCTGM) | Bell towers
Public schools
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| Subject (LCSH) | Building, Brick
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| Location | Milnor (N.D.)
Sargent County (N.D.)
North Dakota
United States
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| Decade | 1900-1909
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| Item Number | 2000.346.20 |
| Format of Original | Postcards
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| Dimensions of Original | 14 x 9 cm. |
| Publisher of Original | Nordstrom, Carl W., 1885-1940
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| Place of Publication | Milnor (N.D.)
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| Notes | Title taken from back of postcard.
Mailed from Lisbon, N.D. to Robert Ringdahl, Rush City, Minn., text in Norwegian. |
| Biography/History | The school was built in 1904 after the other one was destroyed by a fire. The building was constructed out of brick and had four rooms. In 1914 an addition was added to the building, and in 1955 an elementary wing was added. In 1969 a new school was built.
Carl W. (Bill) Nordstrom was born in 1885 to John and Johanna Nordstrom. In 1907 Bill married Jonetha Eggen, and the couple eventually settled in Milnor. The two started a restaurant in Milnor. In 1916 Bill started the Iris Theatre which he ran unil 1934. Jonetha died in 1920, and Bill passed away in 1940. |
| Repository Institution | North Dakota State University Libraries, Institute for Regional Studies
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| Repository Collection | Ronald Olin North Dakota Postcard Collection 2000
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| Collection Finding Aid | Consult: http://hdl.handle.net/10365/1115 |
| Credit Line | Institute for Regional Studies, NDSU, Fargo (2000.346.20) |
| Rights Management | Item likely in public domain. |
| Language | nor
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| Digital ID | rs011004 |
| Original Source | postcard |
