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	Main Street looking North, Russell, N.D. Title Main Street looking North, Russell, N.D. Date of Original between 1900 and 1909 Description Postcard view looking down Main Street. The grain elevator and railroad tracks are visible at the far end of the street. Storefronts run up both sides of the street and telephone poles run up the left side. There are wagons on both sides. Ordering Information http://history.nd.gov/archives/whatphotos.html General Subject Business & Industry City & Town Life Subject (LCTGM) Carts & wagons Utility poles Railroad freight cars Railroads Grain elevators Storefronts Streets Postcards Location Russell (N.D.) Bottineau County (N.D.) Decade 1900-1909 Item Number A1178 Format of Original Postcards Publisher of Original L. A. Foster Photo Co. (Kewanee, Ill.) Place of Publication Kewaunee (Ill.) Transcription "Main St. Looking North Russell, N.D."--Printed on front of postcard. Notes Photographer unknown. Title created by staff. Biography/History The Russell rural post office was built in 1901. In 1905 the town moved one mile northeast to the location of the Soo Line Railroad tracks. Town population peaked in 1910. Bibliographic Reference Wick, Douglas A. North Dakota Place Names. Sweetgrass Communications, Bismarck, ND: 1989. 168. Repository Institution State Historical Society of North Dakota Repository Collection State Historical Society of North Dakota Photograph Collection A Credit Line State Historical Society of North Dakota (A1178) Rights Management Copyright status unknown. Digital ID shA1178
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