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Statue of Marquis de Mores in Medora, North Dakota Badlands
Title
Statue
of
Marquis
de
Mores
in
Medora
,
North
Dakota
Badlands
Date of Original
between
1938
and
1950
Description
The
statue
of the
Marquis
de
Mores
and the
flagstone
courtyard
that
surrounds
it
is
visible
in this
postcard
view.
The
buttes
that
surround
the
town
of
Medora
are
visible
in the
background.
Ordering Information
http://history.nd.gov/archives/whatphotos.html
General Subject
Statues and monuments
WPA projects
Subject (LCTGM)
Sculpture
Trees
Postcards
Personal Name
Mores, Antoine Amedee Marie Vincent Manca de Vallombrosa, marquis de, 1858-1896
Location
Medora (N.D.)
Decade
1930-1939
1940-1949
Item Number
A6565
Format of Original
Color postcards
Publisher of Original
Hafstrom Company
Place of Publication
Bismarck (N.D.)
Transcription
"Statue
of
Marquis
de
Mores
in
Medora
,
N.
Dak.
Badlands"--Printed
on
front
of
postcard.
Notes
Photographer
unknown.
Biography/History
This statue of the Marquis de Mores was struck in Paris and erected in Medora in 1926. The flagstone courtyard that surrounds the statue was created by the WPA in 1938.
Repository Institution
State Historical Society of North Dakota
Repository Collection
State Historical Society of North Dakota Photograph Collection A
Credit Line
State Historical Society of North Dakota (A6565)
Rights Management
Copyright status unknown.
Digital ID
shA6565
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