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| Title | Capitol vault after fire, Bismarck, N.D. |
| Date of Original | 1930 or 1931 |
| Description | Records and papers are visible inside a vault removed from the North Dakota State Capitol building after the fire. The records appear smoke damaged, but otherwise intact. The remains of the capitol building are visible in the background. |
| Ordering Information | http://history.nd.gov/archives/whatphotos.html |
| General Subject | Politics & Government
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| Subject (LCTGM) | Fires
Capitols
Vaults (Strong rooms)
Records (Information)
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| Organization Name | North Dakota State Capitol (Bismarck, N.D.)
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| Location | Bismarck (N.D.)
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| Address | Bismarck (N.D.) - Boulevard Avenue E.
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| Decade | 1930-1939
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| Item Number | 10154-70 |
| Format of Original | Photographic prints
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| Notes | Photographer unknown.
Title created by staff. |
| Biography/History | Early on Sunday morning, December 28, 1930, the capitol building's janitor heard a loud cracking noise. Looking around, he found nothing, but when he went outside, he saw flames leaping from the Senate Chambers on the fourth floor. Though he called the fire department right away, the building was much too engulfed in flames to be saved. The fire destroyed the building except for the two lower floors of the north wing. |
| Repository Institution | State Historical Society of North Dakota
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| Repository Collection | James Morris Papers Mss 10154
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| Collection Finding Aid | Consult http://history.nd.gov/archives/manuscripts/inventory/10154.html |
| Credit Line | State Historical Society of North Dakota (10154-70) |
| Rights Management | Copyright transferred to the State Historical Society of North Dakota. |
| Digital ID | sh1015470 |
