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| Title | Front St. Looking west from Broadway Fargo N.D. |
| Date of Original | 1910 |
| Description | View looking west on Front Street (Main Avenue), from the intersection with Broadway. View shows buildings and businesses along he south side of the street including, the Commercial Bank, Bland & Bland, Emery & Johnson Cycles, Fargo Drug Company, Wilser drugstore, and J. B. Folsom real estate. The tall buildings in the distance are the deLendrecie's department store and the Waldorf Hotel. There is a barber pole visible at the intersection, several pedestrians, an automobile and a street railroad car. The Northern Pacific Park is visible at right. |
| Ordering Information | Consult: http://library.ndsu.edu/ndsuarchives/duplication-services |
| General Subject | City & Town Life
Business & Industry
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| Subject (LCTGM) | Business districts
Commercial streets
Commercial facilities
Automobiles
Street railroad tracks
Street railroads
Pedestrians
Parks
Banks
Barber poles
Drugstores
Bicycle shops
Department stores
Hotels
Flags
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| Organization Name | Commercial Bank (Fargo, N.D.)
Bland & Bland (Fargo, N.D.)
Emery-Johnson Sporting Goods (Fargo, N.D.)
Fargo Drug Co. (Fargo, N.D.)
Wilser's Drug Store (Fargo, N.D.)
deLendrecie's (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
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| Decade | 1910-1919
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| Item Number | 2006.17.8 |
| Format of Original | Gelatin silver prints
Photographic postcards
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| Dimensions of Original | 9 x 14 cm. |
| Publisher of Original | Johnson & Olson (Alexandria, Minn.)
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| Place of Publication | Alexandria (Minn.)
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| Transcription | "Fargo, N.D. July 18 – 1911. Dear Friend. Thanks for card was glad to hear from you again. Came out here yesterday. I run out here one day and back the next on Northern Pacific. This is a nice town, with Moorhead just across the river. It is kind of chilly to-day. Are you pretty busy in the store now days? I am taking pretty good care of Ern to while his wife is gone, ha, ha. Your friend, Knut F. Hindersen. 76 Park Place" – handwritten on back of postcard, postmarked July 18, 1911, from Fargo, N. Dak. Addressed to Miss Sadie Zelinka, Cor. 4th Ave So & 32nd St., Minneapolis, Minn.
"Copyright 1010 Johnson-Olson. No. 222." - printed on front of postcard. |
| Notes | Title printed on front of postcard. |
| Repository Institution | North Dakota State University Libraries, Institute for Regional Studies
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| Repository Collection | John Caron's Fargo, N.D. Photograph Collection 2006
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| Collection Finding Aid | Consult: http://hdl.handle.net/10365/936 |
| Credit Line | Institute for Regional Studies, NDSU, Fargo (2006.17.8) |
| Language | eng
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| Digital ID | rs007321 |
| Original Source | Postcard |
