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Barnes County, N.D. Aerial Photograph Collection
Collection
Identifier: Photo 2096
Abstract
The Barnes County, N.D. Aerial Photograph Collection consists of 190 high altitude, 9x9 inches, photographic prints, covering approximately 401 square miles of land in east central North Dakota. The majority of the images are located in Barnes County with approximately 353 square miles; however there are 9 square miles in the southeast corner of Griggs County, 21 square miles in the southwest corner of Steele County, and 18 square miles in the northwest corner of Ransom County also represented.
Dates:
1952
Found in:
Institute for Regional Studies
Cal Olson Photograph Collection
Collection
Identifier: Photo 2098
Abstract
A diverse collection of images taken by Mr. Olson, that spans from the 1950s to the 1980s and its images include such topics as the Fargo tornado in 1957, Native Americans, and the Vietnam War. Most were taken by Cal Olson while photographic journalist for the Fargo Forum. These negatives give a good reflection of life in Fargo, Moorhead and the Red River Valley, featuring newsworthy events of the era.
Dates:
1950s-1980s
Found in:
Institute for Regional Studies
Fargo Forum Negative Collection,
Collection
Identifier: Photo 2035
Dates:
1939-196-?
Found in:
Institute for Regional Studies
Fargo, N.D. Folio Photograph Collection
Collection
Identifier: Photo Folio 71
Scope and Contents
These photographs from the Fargo Forum newspaper company have been arranged alphabetically by topic. They comprise the oversize photographs of a larger donation by the Forum. There are aerial views of the Fargo area, downtown Fargo, Great Northern Railroad, and residential areas. Views of Broadway, an early birds eye view engraving from 1882, fire of 1893, Gunkelman & Sons Seeds plant-fire on November 30, 1958, the Forum building, and harness racing at the fairgrounds.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1890s-1960s
Found in:
Institute for Regional Studies
Garrison Dam Construction Photograph Collection
Collection
Identifier: Photo Folio 69
Scope and Contents
The Garrison Dam Collection contains 139 photographic prints, predominately 11x14 and 8x10 inches in size, taken from circa 1946 to 1954. The collection has been divided into six series: Aerial views, Dam construction, Intake structure, Spillway, People, and Power plant and tunnels.
The Aerial Views Series includes aerial photographs of stages of the construction of site, as well as views of the completed site. There is one night-time photograph. The Riverdale file features the newly formed...
Dates:
Majority of material found within circa 1946-1954
Found in:
Institute for Regional Studies
Mandan, N.D. 1943 Flood Aerials Photograph Collection
Collection
Identifier: Photo 2115
Scope and Contents
The Mandan, N.D. 1943 Flood Aerials Photograph Collection document from the air one of the worst floods to hit the Heart River and Mandan, North Dakota. The images were likely taken by a government agency, perhaps to document the event for future flood control. The creator of the negatives gave each item a unique number which was handwritten on the outside of each original envelope sleeve as well as printed on the lower right corner of each negative. The negatives are organized in numerical...
Dates:
1943
Found in:
Institute for Regional Studies
Missouri River Aerial Photograph Collection
Collection
Identifier: Photo 2059
Scope and Contents
The Missouri River Aerial Photograph Collections contains 737 glass plate negatives, each 21 x 16 cm. Although there was no identification included with these negatives; painstaking research has determined that the series of images cover an area of the Missouri River Valley affected by the building of Garrison Dam and subsequent creation of Lake Sakakawea. All images were taken prior to the dam’s construction. Each negative has a number printed on the upper right corner, all of which start with...
Dates:
1940s
Found in:
Institute for Regional Studies
Moorhead, Minnesota Photograph Collection
Collection
Identifier: Photo Folio 73
Scope and Contents
The Moorhead Photograph Collection from a Fargo Forum collection, containing photographs of Moorhead in the early 1900s. There are aerial views of the area as well as a picture of a parade and the interior of a store. Two flood scenes are pictured. The majority of the collection is a series of unique social scenes likely taken by R. Grant Price. Many include young adults, some of whom are identified.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1870 - 1950
Found in:
Institute for Regional Studies
North Dakota Oil Industry Photograph Collection (Fargo Forum)
Collection
Identifier: Photo 2039
Scope and Contents
This photograph collection documents the oil industry in western North Dakota in the early 1950s. Most of the photographs apparently were taken by staff of the Fargo Forum, likely for a special edition and series of articles devoted to the oil industry that were published in the newspaper.
Most are 8x10 in. prints and have been organized topically. The images feature drilling, pipe laying, rig raising, "shooting" explosives, surveying, clean-up, as well as photographs of housing developments...
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1952 - 1954
Found in:
Institute for Regional Studies
Northern States Power Company Fargo District Photograph Collection
Collection
Identifier: Photo 2063
Scope and Contents
The Northern States Power photographic collection, tells the history of electric power and natural gas production in the city of Fargo from the 1910s to the early 1980s. The photographs featured in this collection document how the two plants changed through time and technology.
The collection has been organized into six series: Gas plant, Steam plant, Subject files, Gas plant lawsuit, Personnel, and Events. Some of the images were removed from a display at the Fargo
NSP office. These...
Dates:
1913 - 1989
Found in:
Institute for Regional Studies
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