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| Title | Post Office and Federal building in Fargo, N.D. |
| Date of Original | 193-? |
| Creator | Anderson, David, 1883-1962
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| Creator Role | Photographer
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| Description | Front view of Beaux Arts style limestone and concrete block Post Office and Federal building in Fargo, N.D. One automobile is parked out front. View taken in winter with snow on the ground. |
| Ordering Information | Consult: http://library.ndsu.edu/ndsuarchives/duplication-services |
| General Subject | Politics & Government
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| Subject (LCTGM) | Post offices
Courthouses
Government facilities
Stone buildings
Snow
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| Subject (LCSH) | Columns, Ionic
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| Organization Name | Federal Building (Fargo, N.D.)
United States Post Office (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.) - 1st Avenue N.
Fargo (N.D.) - 1st Avenue N. - 600 block
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| Decade | 1930-1939
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| Item Number | 2023.32.1 |
| Format of Original | Gelatin silver prints
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| Dimensions of Original | 22 x 27 cm. |
| Notes | Title supplied by staff. |
| Biography/History | "The old U.S. Post Office and Courthouse, at 655 First Avenue N., built in 1929-30, under the administration of James Knox Taylor, head of the post office in Washington, D.C. The style is Beaux Arts, in dressed stone, with a two-story arcade of fluted Ionic columns between the second and third-story windows. Note the plain stone frieze, dentilled cornice, and balustraded parapet." - Fargo's Heritage, by Norene A. Roberts. 1983, p. 55. |
| Repository Institution | North Dakota State University Libraries, Institute for Regional Studies
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| Repository Collection | David Anderson Photograph Collection 2023
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| Collection Finding Aid | Consult: http://hdl.handle.net/10365/912 |
| Credit Line | Institute for Regional Studies, NDSU, Fargo (2023.32.1) |
| Language | eng
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| Digital ID | rs006238 |
| Original Source | Photograph |
