1.3.4 Red River Valley National Bank building
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 3
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The Fargo Public Library Photograph Collection was semi-organized into folders when deposited at the Institute for Regional Studies. That basic arrangement was retained and refined. The collection is organized alphabetically by topic or, in several cases, geographic. To provide more detailed access, each photograph in the collection has been itemized in the Content section with a brief descriptive title. To search for topics or specific images the researcher should consult the Content section.
The photograph collection covers a wide variety of subjects and time periods. There are images from the 1890s, particularly the 1897 flood, to apparently the 1960s. The later images appear to be from the Forum and perhaps were published in the newspaper. A number of these images were not fixed when processed and thus are quickly deteriorating. These images were copied onto negatives and new prints made. The reproductions have been integrated into the collection, while the originals have been retained, filing them at the very end of the collection in a sealed plastic sleeve.
Of particular note are the images in the files: Downtown Fargo Street Scenes, and Flood, Fargo, 1897. The downtown street scenes are profession prints (8 x 10 in.) of high quality, taken likely in the 1920s. There is an extensive collection of scenes from the 1897 Fargo flood. Most are on the same mounts, suggesting they were taken by the same photographer and perhaps sold as a souvenir series. The more recent images, likely from the Forum, are contained in the files: Fishermen, Grafton VFW color guard, Hatton, N.D. Jubilee belle, Plowing scenes, Statues, Thunderstorm over Fargo, and winter scenes.
The Samuel G. Chapman Collection, donated in 2009 by Mr. Chapman, contains twenty slides taken by Mr. Chapman during the aftermath of the tornado that struck Fargo, N.D. in 1957. An additional slide taken by Ray Hubbard on June 20, 1957 of wall cloud approaching Fargo is also part of this collection.
Dates
- 1890s-1960s
Access
The collection is open under the rules and regulations of the Institute.
Extent
From the Collection: 78 Photographic Prints (78 photographic prints.)
From the Collection: 21 Photographic Slides (21 color slides.)
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Creator
- From the Collection: Fargo Public Library (Fargo, N.D.) (Organization)
Repository Details
Part of the Institute for Regional Studies Repository
Contact:
West Building N
3551 7th Avenue North
Fargo North Dakota 58102 United States
ndsu.archives@ndsu.edu
West Building N
3551 7th Avenue North
Fargo North Dakota 58102 United States
ndsu.archives@ndsu.edu