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| Title | Jamestown and Fort Totten stage line coach with El Zagal men, Jamestown, N.D. |
| Date of Original | between 1922-1959 |
| Creator | Berg, Oscar, 1894-1942
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| Creator Role | Photographer |
| Description | A group portrait of fourteen men posing, many in cowboy costumes pose in front of a stagecoach. Three of the men are wearing El Zagal hats, it is possibly a Masons convention. Most of the men have long coats on. On man, dressed in a cowboy costume has chaps and a small hand gun. The stagecoach has signs on it that say, "Jamestown and Fort Totten …D.T. to Firesteel D.T. & return… Harry C. Miller (driver), U.S. Mail." There are buildings in the background, one of which has a sign that says, "Badger Tires." |
| General Subject | People
City & Town Life
Social Life & Customs
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| Subject (LCTGM) | Men
People
Stagecoaches
Costumes
Cowboys
Cowboy hats
Buildings
Chaps
Hats
Fraternal organizations
Group portraits
Firearms
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| Organization Name | El Zagal Temple (Fargo, N.D.)
Ancient Arabic Order of the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine for North America
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| Location | Jamestown (N.D.)
Stutsman County (N.D.)
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| Decade | 1920-1929
1930-1939
1940-1949
1950-1959
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| Item Number | ST256 |
| Format of Original | Photographic prints
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| Dimensions of Original | 21 x 25 cm. |
| Transcription | "Berg, Jamestown, N. Dak."--Stamped on front, bottom right, of photograph. |
| Biography/History | Oscar Berg owned Berg Studio located at 217 5th Ave. S., Jamestown, N.D. from 1922-1939. In 1939 the main street in Jamestown, 5th Ave. S. was renamed to 1st Ave. S. Oscar and Mrs. Beatrice Berg owned Berg Studio from 1939-1959 at 217 1st Ave. S. Jamestown, N.D. Oscar Berg died in 1942. |
| Repository Institution | Stutsman County Memorial Museum
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| Repository Collection | Stutsman County Memorial Museum Photographs
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| Credit Line | Stutsman County Memorial Museum, Jamestown, N.D. (ST256) |
| Rights Management | Owned by Stutsman County Memorial Museum. |
| Ordering Information | Stutsman County Memorial Museum
Phone: 701-252-6741
Address: Box 1002, Jamestown, N.D. 58401
Open: Memorial Day - September, 10am-5pm Weekdays and 1pm-5pm Weekends. |
| Grant | NHPRC SNAP Grant 2008-2009, NAR08-RC-10021-08 |
| Digital ID | dmST256 |
