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| Title | Amidon Hotel, Amidon, N.D. |
| Date of Original | 1938 |
| Description | Two men stand outside the Amidon Hotel and read a sign that is propped up behind one of the vehicles parked in the lot. The sign reads: "We burn our coal mines, fossilize our ancestors, petrify our wood, welcome our guests, stop and see us, Amidon Community League." |
| Ordering Information | http://history.nd.gov/archives/whatphotos.html |
| General Subject | City & Town Life
People
Transportation
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| Subject (LCTGM) | Hotels
Automobiles
Signs (Notices)
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| Organization Name | Amidon Hotel (Amidon, N.D.)
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| Location | Amidon (N.D.)
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| Decade | 1930-1939
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| Item Number | 2003-P-10-001D |
| Format of Original | Photographic prints
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| Transcription | "Amidon Hotel 1938 right Harry Roberts"--Handwritten on front of photograph. |
| Notes | Photographer unknown.
Title created by staff. |
| Biography/History | Harry Roberts was born in Mankato, Minn. in 1891 and moved with his family to Billings County, N.D. when he was three weeks old. He married Hulda Carlson in 1913, and they both lived on a homestead in Billings County. The Roberts operated the Amidon Hotel for five years, then they moved to Mott where they operated a coffee shop. In June of 1941, the family moved to Medora, where Harry Roberts became the first caretaker of the Chateau de Mores State Historic Site. Hulda Roberts died in 1959. Harry married Ruth Merz in 1961 and remained caretaker at the Chateau de Mores until 1966. |
| Repository Institution | State Historical Society of North Dakota
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| Repository Collection | Roberta R. Kennedy Photograph Collection 2003-P-10
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| Credit Line | State Historical Society of North Dakota (2003-P-10-001D) |
| Rights Management | Copyright transferred to the State Historical Society of North Dakota. |
| Digital ID | sh2003P10001D |
