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| Title | Grain elevators, Beach, N.D. |
| Date of Original | between 1900 and 1920 |
| Description | Seven grain elevators stretch into the distance along the railroad tracks. Utility poles run along the near side of the structures. Part of a building, presumably the same one this photograph was taken from, is in the foreground. |
| Ordering Information | http://history.nd.gov/archives/whatphotos.html |
| General Subject | Business & Industry
Agriculture
Weather
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| Subject (LCTGM) | Snow
Grain elevators
Utility poles
Postcards
Wooden buildings
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| Organization Name | Thorpe Elevator Co. (Beach, N.D.)
Farmers Elevator Co. (Beach, N.D.)
A. H. Lytle Grain & Goal (Beach, N.D.)
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| Location | Beach (N.D.)
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| Decade | 1900-1909
1910-1919
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| Item Number | B0723-003 |
| Format of Original | Color postcards
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| Transcription | "East Elevators, Beach, N. Dak."--Printed on front of postcard.
"Hello Frank, Send me some of the cakes, Oneil. Frank Pezcel, 500 Jackson St., St. Paul, Minn."--Handwritten on back of postcard. |
| Notes | Photographer unknown.
Title created by staff. |
| Biography/History | The Northern Pacific Railroad built a facility here in 1881. Settlement began in 1900. By 1910, the town had over 1,000 inhabitants. In 1912, Beach became the seat of Golden Valley County. The grain elevators provided the main economic stimulus to the area. |
| Bibliographic Reference | Wick, Douglas A. North Dakota Place Names. Sweetgrass Communications, Bismarck, ND: 1989. 13. |
| 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 (B0723-003) |
| Rights Management | Copyright status unknown. |
| Digital ID | shB0723-003 |
