Abstract Bill Rudd was an amateur photographer and took many shots during his youth of events and scenes in the Fargo, N.D. area. There are a number of images of Rudd and friends in their canoes enjoying themselves on the Red River. In several images is a victola record player on one of the canoes. There are scenes of skating, swimming and cutting ice on the Red River. There are construction scenes of the downtown dam on the Red River, the footbridge across the river and scenes of the Red River flood of...

Scope and Contents The Fargo Homes Photograph Collection provides a rich record for the built history of Fargo, N.D. Through these photographs and negatives the researcher gains a sense of popular architectural design in this community, and how it evolved from the 1910s to 1950s. The collection is arranged in two series: Negatives Series and Photographic Prints Series. The Negatives Series is arranged numerically under the order originally created by the W. J. Lane Co.. The numbering scheme follows a...

Scope and Contents The Fargo Police, Accidents and Investigations Photograph Collection includes a variety of images of the Fargo Police at work and some of the accidents and crimes they investigated. The photographs range from a group portrait of the Fargo Police Force to photographs of police at work, police vehicles and training. Included are photographs of accidents and crime scenes, some of which were published in the Fargo Forum. In addition, the collection contains photographs of the Blizzard of 1946,...