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| Title | First National Bank, Fargo, Dakota Territory |
| Date of Original | between 1879 and 1893 |
| Creator | Haynes, F. Jay (Frank Jay), 1853-1921
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| Creator Role | Photographer |
| Description | Two storey brick bank and office building. The second storey has several signs indicating law offices. People are milling about the entrance and front of the building. Horses, with a partially visible cart, stand to the left. The foreground is an unpaved street. |
| Ordering Information | http://history.nd.gov/archives/whatphotos.html |
| General Subject | Business & Industry
City & Town Life
People
Pioneer Era
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| Subject (LCTGM) | Banks
Stereographs
Horses
Carts & wagons
Law offices
Dirt roads
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| Organization Name | First National Bank (Fargo N.D.)
Briggs & Elders Law Office (Fargo, N.D.)
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| Location | Fargo (N.D.)
Dakota Territory
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| Address | Fargo (N.D.) - Main Avenue
Fargo (N.D.) - Front Street
Fargo (N.D.) - Broadway
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| Decade | 1870-1879
1880-1889
1890-1899
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| Item Number | A5856-02 |
| Format of Original | Stereographs
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| Transcription | "Northern Pacific Stereographs, F. Jay Haynes, Fargo, D.T."--Printed on edges of stereograph.
"373. 1st National Bank Block, Fargo"--Handwritten on bottom of right photograph.
"Northern Pacific Views Embrace all points of Interest between Lake Superior and the Black Hills, and along the Line of the N.P.R.R., to the Yellowstone. Red River Wheat Farm Views. Catalogues on Application. Photographed & Published By F. Jay Haynes, Fargo, D.T."--Printed on back of stereograph. |
| Notes | Title created by staff. |
| Biography/History | The original First National bank in Fargo was a small wooden shack built in 1878. This brick building replaced it in 1879. This building was destroyed by fire in 1893 and a new building constructed on the same site. |
| Repository Institution | State Historical Society of North Dakota
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| Repository Collection | State Historical Society of North Dakota Photograph Collection A
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| Credit Line | State Historical Society of North Dakota (A5856-02) |
| Rights Management | Copyright status unknown. |
| Digital ID | shA5856-02 |
