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| Title | Earle Hotel lobby fireplace covered in ice after fire, Fargo, N.D. |
| Date of Original | 1951-12-15 |
| Creator | Olson, Cal, 1924-2009
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| Creator Role | Photographer
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| Description | Image of ice covered fireplace and furniture in the Earle Hotel, Fargo, N.D. after fire. Christmas decorations and a nativity scene are visible on the mantel of the fireplace. A sign reading "Cafe" is visible over the door at left. |
| Ordering Information | Consult: http://library.ndsu.edu/ndsuarchives/duplication-services |
| General Subject | City & Town Life
Business & Industry
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| Subject (LCTGM) | Fires
Lobbies
Hotels
Ice
Interiors
Furniture
Fireplaces
Cr ches (Nativity scenes)
Mantels
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| Organization Name | Earle Hotel (Fargo, N.D.)
Waldorf Hotel (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.) - Main Avenue
Fargo (N.D.) - Main Avenue - 700 block
Fargo (N.D.) - 7th Street S.
Fargo (N.D.) - 7th Street S. - 00 block
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| Decade | 1950-1959
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| Item Number | 2098.75 |
| Negative Number | 2098.75 |
| Format of Original | Film negatives
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| Dimensions of Original | 10 x 13 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 | "Iceles festooned a fireplace on the west wall in the Earle hotel lobby but a nativity Christmas scene on the lower shelf was untouched. The little figures around the manger were intact in their original positions amid the wreckage. Easy chairs and floors are cased in ice which formed from the tons of water poured on the hotel blaze Thursday." - caption with image published in the Fargo Forum & Daily Republican, Dec. 16, 1951, p. 42. |
| Notes | Title supplied by staff. |
| Biography/History | Hotel built originally as the Waldorf Hotel in 1899, and name changed to Earle Hotel close to time of fire. The four alarm fire started about 7 a.m., Thursday December 13, 1951, in the northwest corner of the third floor. Three people were killed, former Fargo postmaster Winfield S. Hooper, age 79; Mabel A. Sampson, age 76, and Catherine Morton, age 84. |
| Repository Institution | North Dakota State University Libraries, Institute for Regional Studies
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| Repository Collection | Cal Olson Photograph Collection 2098
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| Collection Finding Aid | Consult: http://hdl.handle.net/10365/12634 |
| Credit Line | Institute for Regional Studies, NDSU, Fargo (2098.75) |
| Rights Management | Copyright held by Institute for Regional Studies. |
| Language | eng; |
| Digital ID | co000031 |
| Original Source | Negative |
