Skip to main content Skip to search Skip to search results

Box 1

 Container

Contains 17 Collections and/or Records:

[not used]

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 2
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Oscar Forness Photograph Collection originally consisted of eight albums that contained detailed images of Fargo-Moorhead through the medium of photography. The albums were purchased by the donor at a Fargo antique store and then presented to the Institute. They had been sold to the store by a grandson of Mr. Forness. There is no indication of original ownership within the albums themselves, and the original ownership information was provided by the antique store owner. It is believed there...
Dates: 1960s-1970s

Miscellaneous (7)

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 3
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Oscar Forness Photograph Collection originally consisted of eight albums that contained detailed images of Fargo-Moorhead through the medium of photography. The albums were purchased by the donor at a Fargo antique store and then presented to the Institute. They had been sold to the store by a grandson of Mr. Forness. There is no indication of original ownership within the albums themselves, and the original ownership information was provided by the antique store owner. It is believed there...
Dates: 1960s-1970s

Broadway Avenue (6)

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 4
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Oscar Forness Photograph Collection originally consisted of eight albums that contained detailed images of Fargo-Moorhead through the medium of photography. The albums were purchased by the donor at a Fargo antique store and then presented to the Institute. They had been sold to the store by a grandson of Mr. Forness. There is no indication of original ownership within the albums themselves, and the original ownership information was provided by the antique store owner. It is believed there...
Dates: 1960s-1970s

Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul, & Pacific Freight House (2)

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 5
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Oscar Forness Photograph Collection originally consisted of eight albums that contained detailed images of Fargo-Moorhead through the medium of photography. The albums were purchased by the donor at a Fargo antique store and then presented to the Institute. They had been sold to the store by a grandson of Mr. Forness. There is no indication of original ownership within the albums themselves, and the original ownership information was provided by the antique store owner. It is believed there...
Dates: 1960s-1970s

Fargo Fairgrounds (3)

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 6
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Oscar Forness Photograph Collection originally consisted of eight albums that contained detailed images of Fargo-Moorhead through the medium of photography. The albums were purchased by the donor at a Fargo antique store and then presented to the Institute. They had been sold to the store by a grandson of Mr. Forness. There is no indication of original ownership within the albums themselves, and the original ownership information was provided by the antique store owner. It is believed there...
Dates: 1960s-1970s

First Avenue (2)

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 7
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Oscar Forness Photograph Collection originally consisted of eight albums that contained detailed images of Fargo-Moorhead through the medium of photography. The albums were purchased by the donor at a Fargo antique store and then presented to the Institute. They had been sold to the store by a grandson of Mr. Forness. There is no indication of original ownership within the albums themselves, and the original ownership information was provided by the antique store owner. It is believed there...
Dates: 1960s-1970s

Front Street (3)

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 8
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Oscar Forness Photograph Collection originally consisted of eight albums that contained detailed images of Fargo-Moorhead through the medium of photography. The albums were purchased by the donor at a Fargo antique store and then presented to the Institute. They had been sold to the store by a grandson of Mr. Forness. There is no indication of original ownership within the albums themselves, and the original ownership information was provided by the antique store owner. It is believed there...
Dates: 1960s-1970s

Grand Recreation and Theatre (3)

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 9
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Oscar Forness Photograph Collection originally consisted of eight albums that contained detailed images of Fargo-Moorhead through the medium of photography. The albums were purchased by the donor at a Fargo antique store and then presented to the Institute. They had been sold to the store by a grandson of Mr. Forness. There is no indication of original ownership within the albums themselves, and the original ownership information was provided by the antique store owner. It is believed there...
Dates: 1960s-1970s

Island Park (4)

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 10
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Oscar Forness Photograph Collection originally consisted of eight albums that contained detailed images of Fargo-Moorhead through the medium of photography. The albums were purchased by the donor at a Fargo antique store and then presented to the Institute. They had been sold to the store by a grandson of Mr. Forness. There is no indication of original ownership within the albums themselves, and the original ownership information was provided by the antique store owner. It is believed there...
Dates: 1960s-1970s

NP Avenue (2)

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 11
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Oscar Forness Photograph Collection originally consisted of eight albums that contained detailed images of Fargo-Moorhead through the medium of photography. The albums were purchased by the donor at a Fargo antique store and then presented to the Institute. They had been sold to the store by a grandson of Mr. Forness. There is no indication of original ownership within the albums themselves, and the original ownership information was provided by the antique store owner. It is believed there...
Dates: 1960s-1970s