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Shipping buffalo bones


Title	Shipping buffalo bones
Date of Original	between 1900 and 1920
Description	Men stand atop tall piles of buffalo bones stacked next to railroad tracks. Two men in a wagon also laden with bones pose next to the piles.
Ordering Information	http://history.nd.gov/archives/whatphotos.html
General Subject	People Pioneer Era Transportation Work Life Animals
Subject (LCTGM)	Buffaloes Bones (Body parts) Railroad cars Railroad tracks Horses Carts & wagons
Location	North Dakota
Decade	1900-1909 1910-1919
Item Number	00739-v1-p52b
Format of Original	Photographic prints
Notes	Photographer unknown. Title created by staff.
Relation	[Is Part Of] North Dakota eighth grade curriculum
Biography/History	Buffalo bones were worth about $10 per ton in Dakota Territory. Factories in Detroit and St. Louis turned these bones into fertilizer and filtering compounds.
Repository Institution	State Historical Society of North Dakota
Repository Collection	North Dakota Baptist State Convention Album 00739
Credit Line	State Historical Society of North Dakota (00739-va-p52b)
Rights Management	Copyright transferred to the State Historical Society of North Dakota.
Digital ID	sh00739v1p52b

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