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Martin K. Dahl Family and Home

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Description: The Martin K. Dahl family is in the yard of their brick Victorian home, which is surrounded by an iron fence. The house has iron work on porch tops and on ...
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Family Outside of Stone House

Date: 1876
Description: Family of sixe seated in front of large stone house that has glass trim around the centrally placed door. Lightning rods are on the two chimneys. A man on ...
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Family in front of Hans Kjorstad Residence

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Description: View of group posing on the lawn in front of a two-story frame house. Four men in the background on the left are standing near two teams of horses; three m...
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Street Side Terraces

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Description: View across road toward homes set above the street on an incline. Horses and carriages are parked on the other side of a street along a brick wall. Two spi...
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Main Street

Date: 1921
Description: View down unpaved Main Street. A row of houses are on either side of the road, and there is a steep hill in the background.
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Main Street

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Description: A group of young men stand in the far background on a dirt road. Homes are on either side of the street.
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Street Scene

Date: 1911
Description: View down an unpaved street. A horse and carriage is tied to a post on the left. A saloon and hotel, and the Park Hotel are located on this street on the r...
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View of a White House

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Description: Quarter plate ambrotype of a view of a two-story white house, with its gable end facing forward, front door and two windows on the first floor, and two win...
Historical Object

Fargo Children at Play

Date: 1903
Description: A hand-painted nasturtium bud and leaf decorate an album page with five photographs of the children of Frank and Louise Mears Fargo. At top left, Frank Jr....
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Carriage

Date: 1890
Description: A team of two horses is harnessed to a highly polished carriage with a side lamp. The driver is holding a long whip and is wearing a top hat, winter coat a...
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Tower View

Date: 1900
Description: Three photographs taped together form a panoramic view from the top of the wooden tower built by George Brumder in 1892. The tower was built on Brumder's s...

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