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| Title | Traction Engineering School, North Dakota Agricultural College |
| Date of Original | 1908 |
| Creator | Bolley, Henry Luke, 1865-1956
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| Creator Role | Photographer; |
| Description | People standing around watching some sort of demonstration of the traction engines with thresher machines. Barns are visible to the left and what are probably paint test fences are visible in the background. A small American flag is also visible in the center of the photograph stuck in the field. |
| Ordering Information | Consult: http://library.ndsu.edu/ndsuarchives/duplication-services |
| General Subject | Colleges & Universities
Agriculture
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| Subject (LCTGM) | Traction engines
Tractors
Threshing machines
Barns
Meadows
Flags
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| Organization Name | North Dakota State University - Grounds
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| Location | Fargo (N.D.)
Cass County (N.D.)
North Dakota
United States
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| Decade | 1900-1909
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| Negative Number | Neg. 4x6-45b |
| Format of Original | Film negatives
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| Dimensions of Original | 9 x 15 cm. |
| Place of Publication | Fargo (N.D.)
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| Transcription | Traction school |
| Notes | Title supplied by staff. |
| Biography/History | "Traction Engineering. First year of two-year Engineering course and third year of Farm Husbandry course, fall term, five hours a week. The first four weeks are devoted to a careful study of the gasoline engine with the view of making students expert operators of such engines as are used for farm purposes. The remaining ten weeks are devoted to a study of the traction engine, especial attention being paid to its proper care, management and adjustment. The laboratory work of this course is of a very practical nature, and consists of work which experts usually are called upon to do in the field." P. 94. Catalog and Announcement of North Dakota Agricultural College for 1907-1908, Fargo, North Dakota..
In 1905 the North Dakota Legislature passed a comprehensive paint law that made the North Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station responsible for the quality of paint sold in stores. In 1906, extensive experiments began when test fences were erected all over the campus of North Dakota Agricultural College |
| Repository Institution | North Dakota State University Libraries, University Archives
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| Repository Collection | H.L. Bolley Photography Collection
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| Collection Finding Aid | Consult: http://hdl.handle.net/10365/4766 |
| Credit Line | University Archives, NDSU, Fargo (Bol.Neg. 4x6-45b) |
| Language | eng; |
| Digital ID | bo000157 |
| Original Source | Negative |
