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| Title | A.C. Townley at Crosby, N.D. |
| Date of Original | between 1920 and 1929 |
| Creator | Thompson, A. M.
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| Creator Role | Photographer |
| Description | A large crowd gathered to listen to A.C. Townley speak. The railroad tracks and a few buildings of Crosby are visible in the background. Several car roofs are visible in the left-center. |
| Ordering Information | http://history.nd.gov/archives/whatphotos.html |
| General Subject | City & Town Life
Politics & Government
Transportation
People
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| Subject (LCTGM) | Photographic postcards
Wooden buildings
Crowds
Public speaking
Activists
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| Personal Name | Townley, A. C. (Arthur Charles), 1880-1959
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| Organization Name | National Nonpartisan League
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| Location | Crosby (N.D.)
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| Decade | 1920-1929
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| Item Number | A2902 |
| Format of Original | Photographic postcards
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| Transcription | "A.C. Townley at Crosby N. Dak A. M. Thomp Phot."--Handwritten on front of postcard.
"While this is not anything great I does show how the crowds used to gather in the early days of the League to listen to A.C. Townley, the father of the organization for justice for the farmer. Remember this was in 1920 or thereabout (you can look up the farmers press of that or other election years near and get the date) and in a corner of the state very sparsely settled at that time. Wish I could you more but haven't felt very well since coming home so haven't got around to look over my records, Can't recall Charles Edward Russel now, but on page 843 of Who is Who in the Central States 1929, by Mayflower Pub. Co. I do see a Charles A. Russell."--Typewritten on back of postcard. |
| Relation | [Is Part Of] North Dakota History textbook materials |
| Biography/History | A.C. Townley was the founder of the Non-partisan League in 1914. This party was socialistically minded, and focused on the needs of small farmers. The party was successful in producing a governor, Lynn Frazier, in 1916. Frazier was recalled, and the party dwindled throughout the 1920s. |
| Repository Institution | State Historical Society of North Dakota
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| Repository Collection | State Historical Society of North Dakota Photograph Collection A
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| Credit Line | State Historical Society of North Dakota (A2902) |
| Rights Management | Copyright status unknown. |
| Digital ID | shA2902 |
