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| Title | Lincoln Mutual Life building groundbreaking, Fargo, N.D. |
| Date of Original | 1955-09-20 |
| Description | Five men and one young girl standing around as two men break ground with shovels. |
| Ordering Information | Consult: http://library.ndsu.edu/ndsuarchives/duplication-services |
| General Subject | Business & Industry
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| Subject (LCTGM) | Ground breaking ceremonies
Insurance companies
Shovels
Business people
Girls
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| Organization Name | Lincoln Mutual Life & Casualty Insurance (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.) - 2nd Avenue N.
Fargo (N.D.) - 2nd Avenue N. - 700 block
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| Decade | 1950-1959
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| Item Number | 51.234.5 |
| Format of Original | Gelatin silver prints
Snapshots
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| Dimensions of Original | 12 x 9 cm. |
| Transcription | "OCT 1955" - stamped on top of print.
"Ground was broken Tuesday for the new home office building of the Lincoln Mututal Life & Casualty Insurance Co. Officials shown taking part in the ceremonies are (left to right) C. C. Koltes, president; Lloyd Krieg, contractor; H. B. Kennelly, vice president; A. J. Jensen, insurance commissioner for North Dakota and Harold Bechtel, architect. In the center is Wendy Lee Peters, Jensen's five-year-old granddaughter." - caption with photograph published in the Fargo Forum & Daily Republican, September 21, 1955, p. 6. |
| Notes | Title supplied by staff.
Photographer unknown.
Snapshot with other images taken on the day of groundbreaking, September 20, 1955. |
| Biography/History | The Lincoln Mutual Life & Casualty Insurance Co. building was designed by Harold Bechtel, architect. The general contractors were J. E. Krieg & Sons, Sornsin Co., and Reger Electric Construction Co. Ground was broken on September 20, 1955. In 1995, Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Dakota moved into the building. NDSU took over the building in 2007 to house the Department of Architecture and Landscape Architecture. A level was added to the top of the building, and it was completely renovated. In October 2008, Klai Hall was dedicated. |
| Repository Institution | North Dakota State University Libraries, Institute for Regional Studies
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| Repository Collection | Fargo, N.D. Photograph Collection 51
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| Credit Line | Institute for Regional Studies, NDSU, Fargo (51.234.5) |
| Language | eng
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| Digital ID | rs007293 |
| Original Source | Photograph |
