Fargo (N.D.) -- Photographs.
Subject
Subject Source: Library Of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 40 Collections and/or Records:
Frank W. Meyer Photograph Collection
Collection
Identifier: Photo 2110
Scope and Contents
The Frank W. Meyer Photograph Collection spans two decades from the early 1950s to the late 1960s; including photos of Fargo winters and summers, parades, floods, tornado pictures, and even a downtown fire. The collection consists of 51 images, all slides or digital scans from the original slides. These photographs were acquired by the Institute from Frank’s son Raymond and have been organized into two series: Digital Scans and Slides.
The Digital Scans Series consists of ten digital scans...
Dates:
1952-1969
George J. Mehok Photograph Collection
Collection
Identifier: Photo 2067
Scope and Contents
The George J. Mehok Photograph Collection is divided into three series: Mehok Family, Subject Files and Albums.
The Mehok Family Series includes early family photographs of the Mehoks, some taken in 1937 in Dresden N.D. when George Jr. was ordained. The series contains images of George Sr., Teresa, George Jr., William, and Charles Mehok. There are also formal portraits of George Jr. and William.
The Subject Files include photographs of George Jr.’s friends and colleagues, a portrait of...
Dates:
1930-1987
Harry Jennings Photograph Collection
Collection
Identifier: Photo Folio 78-Photo 2078
Abstract
Jennings's photographic work consists primarily of social scenes, nature, personages and events that were taken for potential publication in the Fargo Forum newspaper. Among the more well-known persons represented are Mark Andrews, Jack Benny, William Guy, Robert Kennedy, William Langer, Arthur Link, Richard Nixon, Olav King of Norway and Bobby Vee. Some of the largest subject headings include accidents, automobiles, barns, Bonanzaville USA, children, farming, Forum Publishing Company, North...
Dates:
1950s-1979
Harry Lashkowitz Family Photograph Collection
Collection
Identifier: Photo 2048-Photo Folio 25.9-Oversize Photo Coll. 1
Scope and Contents
The Harry Lashkowitz Family Photograph Collection is a rich collection of family related images documenting not only Harry and Etta Lashkowitz’s immediate family born and raised in Fargo, N.D., but also extended family including Levitz, Ashe and Lashkowitz, Jewish related organizations, and business associates. It includes not only professional studio photographs but a wealth of informal snapshots of family and friends at their home, lake home, trips and their sons Herschel and Shelley in the...
Dates:
1900s-1970s
Herschel Lashkowitz Photograph Collection, 1950s-1980s
Collection
Identifier: Photo 2049
Scope and Contents
The Herschel Lashkowitz Photograph Collection documents the political career of Herschel, particularly when he served at mayor of Fargo for twenty years. The collection covers a wide variety of topics and the many people he met while mayor, both visitors to Fargo as well as from his travels in the United States and overseas. This collection was part of the initial accession of his papers. A later accession of photographs was organized separately as Photo 2107. This collection contains 550...
Dates:
1950s-1980s
J. Roberts Haggart Family Photograph Collection
Collection
Identifier: Photo 2041
Scope and Contents
The J. Roberts Haggart Family Photograph Collection contains professional portraits of family members as well as informal snapshots. Many of the snapshots are in albums. There is also one portrait of Ruth Roberts in an oval frame. The collection was organized into six series: Haggart Family; Samuel G. Roberts Family; Archer-Taisey Family; Portraits; Unidentified, and General.
The Haggart Family Series includes the John E. Haggart family, the Hertsgaard family (Mrs. John E. Haggart's family),...
Dates:
circa 1870s-1970s
James Holes Family Photograph Collection
Collection
Identifier: Photo 2093
Scope and Contents
The James Holes family collection is made up primarily of the Holes family, and to a lesser extent the Harrison family, Mrs. Holes’ family. A large part of the collection is portraiture of family and friends, many of which are unidentified. Some identification as been acquired via research and family contacts. The collection has been arranged into six series: Holes Family, Harrison Family, People, Homes & Farms, Subject Files, and Album.The Holes Family Series starts off with...
Dates:
1850s-1970s
Jane Bovard Photograph Collection
Collection
Identifier: Photo 2091
Scope and Contents
The Jane Bovard Photograph Collection consists primarily of color photographs taken by Bovard, FWHO staff, volunteers, and supporters, of protests at the FWHO, damage done by protesters to the clinic, and protests at varied locations, including Bovard‘s residence (Fargo, N.D.) and the Chisholm, Minn. home of Dr. George Miks, who worked for the FWHO. The collection was received in two separate accessions, with folders 1 through 38 reflecting the images received with the Jane Bovard papers, while...
Dates:
1983-1994
Masonic Grand Lodge of North Dakota Photograph Collection
Collection
Identifier: Photo 1942
Scope and Contents
The Masonic Grand Lodge of North Dakota Photograph Collection reflects images acquired by the Grand Lodge Library over many years prior to its donation to the Institute. Thus the subjects of the images are very diverse. They have been organized into seven files based upon the subject of the images.
The Badlands file includes both color postcards and photographic prints of Badland scenes and the Theodore Roosevelt cabin. It includes a postcard booklet containing 18 images, a map and short...
Dates:
1888 - 1950
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