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| Title | Carnegie Library, Fargo, N.D. |
| Date of Original | 1954-03 |
| Description | View of the exterior of the brick library building. The building is designed with arched windows and the names of prominent authors on the frieze. Names visible on the frieze include Homer, Plato, Dante, Milton, Shakespeare, Longfellow, and Emerson. View taken of the south west corner of the building, with the enterence on the far right side of the image. Building located at the corner of Roberts Street and 2nd Avenue North with an address of 625 2nd Avenue North. Several automobiles are visible in the scene. |
| Ordering Information | Consult: http://library.ndsu.edu/ndsuarchives/duplication-services |
| General Subject | City & Town Life
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| Subject (LCTGM) | Public libraries
Friezes (Ornamental bands)
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| Subject (LCSH) | Building, Brick
Carnegie libraries
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| Organization Name | Fargo Public Library (Fargo, N.D.)
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| Location | Fargo (N.D.)
Cass County (N.D.)
North Dakota
United States
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| Address | Fargo (N.D.) - 2nd Avenue N.
Fargo (N.D.) - 2nd Avenue N. - 600 block
Fargo (N.D.) - Roberts Street
Fargo (N.D.) - Roberts Street - 200 block
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| Decade | 1950-1959
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| Item Number | 2065.4.2 |
| Negative Number | 120mm-390 (copy neg.) |
| Format of Original | Gelatin silver prints
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| Dimensions of Original | 21 x 26 cm. |
| Publisher of Original | Forum Publishing Company (Fargo, N.D.)
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| Place of Publication | Fargo (N.D.)
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| Transcription | "Names of immortal authors decorate the Fargo Public Library, which was built in 1903 with a $20, 000 Andrew Carnegie grant." - caption with image published in The Fargo Forum, April 4, 1954, p. 16. |
| Notes | Title supplied by staff.
Photographer unknown. |
| Repository Institution | North Dakota State University Libraries, Institute for Regional Studies
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| Repository Collection | Fargo Public Library Photograph Collection 2065
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| Collection Finding Aid | Consult: http://hdl.handle.net/10365/979 |
| Credit Line | Fargo Public Library Photograph Collection, NDIRS-NDSU (2065.4.2) |
| Language | eng; |
| Digital ID | fpl00008 |
| Original Source | Photograph |
