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| Title | U.S. mail boat, the Minnie H on Devils Lake, Devils Lake, N.D. |
| Date of Original | 190-? |
| Description | Minnie H steamer on Devils Lake with people on dock and along shore. Smaller boats and canoes visible on beach. |
| Ordering Information | Consult: http://library.ndsu.edu/ndsuarchives/duplication-services |
| General Subject | Transportation
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| Subject (LCTGM) | Stern wheelers
Umbrellas
Mail steamers
Steamboats
Lakes & ponds
Rowboats
Piers & wharves
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| Organization Name | Minnie H (Paddle steamer)
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| Location | Devils Lake (N.D. : Lake)
Devils Lake (N.D.)
Ramsey County (N.D.)
North Dakota
United States
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| Decade | 1900-1909
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| Item Number | 2028.247 |
| Format of Original | Gelatin silver prints
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| Dimensions of Original | 21 x 26 cm. |
| Transcription | "The Minnie H was constructed by Captain Heerman on the shores of Devils Lake in 1882-83 at a cost of $33, 000.00. The boat was 110 feet in length and about 20 feet across. It drew three and on-half feet of water. It could carry 500 persons and a hundred ton cargo. She was completed and launched in the spring of 1883, and made its first official trip on the Fourth of July to meet the first train into Devils Lake. The boat was dry-docked in 1909" - Label with other print. |
| Notes | Title supplied by cataloger.
Taken same time at Hultstrand images no. 247a and 388.
Photographer unknown. |
| External Resource | Images featured on "Northern Great Plains, 1880-1920" part of American Memory, Library of Congress: http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/award97/ndfahtml/ngphome.html |
| Repository Institution | North Dakota State University Libraries, Institute for Regional Studies
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| Repository Collection | Fred Hultstrand History in Pictures Collection 2028
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| Collection Finding Aid | Consult: http://hdl.handle.net/10365/14271 |
| Credit Line | Fred Hultstrand History In Pictures Collection, NDIRS-NDSU, Fargo (2028.247) |
| Language | eng
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| Digital ID | rs007245 |
| Original Source | Photograph |
