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| Title | Aerial over Earle Hotel fire, Fargo, N.D. |
| Date of Original | 1951-12-13 |
| Creator | Herron, Gifford, 1912-1969
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| Creator Role | Photographer
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| Description | Aerial looking northeast over downtown Fargo, N.D. during fire of the Earle Hotel. Large plumb of smoke rising from the scene. Image taken in winter with snow visible on the ground. |
| Ordering Information | Consult: http://library.ndsu.edu/ndsuarchives/duplication-services |
| General Subject | Aerials
City & Town Life
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| Subject (LCTGM) | Aerial photographs
Fires
Smoke
Business districts
Winter
Snow
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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
Fargo (N.D.) - 1st Avenue S.
Fargo (N.D.) - 1st Avenue S. - 700 block
Fargo (N.D.) - 8th Street S.
Fargo (N.D.) - 8th Street S. - 00 block
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| Decade | 1950-1959
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| Item Number | 4x5P-425 |
| Negative Number | 4x5P-425 neg. |
| 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 | "Smoke billowed over Fargo from the burning Earle hotel when this aerial photo was taken Thursday morning by Gifford Herron of the Fargo Forum. The picture was taken from 1, 800 feet, the level of the peak of the smoke clouds." - caption with image printed in the Fargo Forum & Daily Tribune, December 14, 1951, p. 14. |
| 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 | Institute for Regional Studies Negative Collection
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| Credit Line | Institute for Regional Studies, NDSU, Fargo (4x5P-425) |
| Language | eng
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| Digital ID | rs005280 |
| Original Source | Negative |
