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| Title | Bird's eye view, Starkweather, N.D. |
| Date of Original | between 1902 and 1920 |
| Description | An overview of the town. All the visible buildings are wooden, and the nearer structures appear to be homes. The business district is in the distance on the left. Four grain elevators stand at the edge of town. |
| Ordering Information | http://history.nd.gov/archives/whatphotos.html |
| General Subject | Business & Industry
City & Town Life
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| Subject (LCTGM) | Photographic postcards
Grain elevators
Dirt roads
Houses
Wooden buildings
Business districts
Sidewalks
Bird's-eye views
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| Organization Name | St. Anthony & Dakota Elevator Co. (Starkweather, N.D.)
Minneapolis & Northern Elevator Co. (Starkweather, N.D.)
McLaughlin Elevator (Starkweather, N.D.)
Farmers Grain Co. (Starkweather, N.D.)
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| Location | Starkweather (N.D.)
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| Decade | 1900-1909
1910-1919
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| Item Number | B0741-02 |
| Format of Original | Photographic postcards
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| Transcription | "Bird's Eye View, Starweather, N.D."--Handwritten on front of postcard.
"Hello Suey, well how are you anyway I am all right and hope you are the same have not got a answer from you well I must ring off for this [illegible] tell them all hello I am as [illegible] R. B. Miss Suey Harper, Ligomer, Ind."--Handwritten on back of postcard. |
| Notes | Photographer unknown.
Title created by staff. |
| Biography/History | Originally a farm post office established in 1886, the townsite was moved three miles east in 1902. The peak population was 312 in 1930. |
| Bibliographic Reference | Wick, Douglas A. North Dakota Place Names. Sweetgrass Communications, Bismarck, ND: 1989. 184. |
| Repository Institution | State Historical Society of North Dakota
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| Repository Collection | State Historical Society of North Dakota Photograph Collection B
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| Credit Line | State Historical Society of North Dakota (B0741-02) |
| Rights Management | Copyright status unknown. |
| Digital ID | shB0741-02 |
