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Collection: 00071 - Former Governors' Mansion Photograph Collection
Folder: 0003
Item: 00046
Date: 1919
Title: Street view of the front of the Old Governor's Mansion and other houses on the block, Bismarck (N.D.)
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Collection: 00071 - Former Governors' Mansion Photograph Collection
Folder: 0003
Item: 00069
Date: 2/1955
Creator: Olson, Cal
Title: The Northeast bedroom in the Old Governor's Mansion, Bismarck (N.D.)
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Collection: 00071 - Former Governors' Mansion Photograph Collection
Folder: 0003
Item: 00071
Date: 1/1957
Creator: Bismarck Tribune (Firm)
Title: Living room of the Old Governors Mansion, Bismarck (N.D.) in the last days of the Brunsdale term
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Collection: 00071 - Former Governors' Mansion Photograph Collection
Folder: 0003
Item: 00072
Date: 1/1957
Creator: Bismarck Tribune (Firm)
Title: News article and two interior scenes from the Old Governors Mansion, Bismarck (N.D.)
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Collection: 00071 - Former Governors' Mansion Photograph Collection
Folder: 0003
Item: 00074
Date: 2/1955
Creator: Olson, Cal
Title: Mrs. Brunsdale in the dining room of the Old Governors Mansion, Bismarck (N.D.)
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Collection: 00071 - Former Governors' Mansion Photograph Collection
Folder: 0003
Item: 00076
Date: 2/1955
Creator: Olson, Cal
Title: Upstairs bathroom in the Brunsdale term in the Old Governors Mansion, Bismarck (N.D.)
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Collection: 00071 - Former Governors' Mansion Photograph Collection
Folder: 0001
Item: 00024
Date: Circa 1950
Title: Remodeled Old Governor's Mansion at 320 East Avenue B, Bismarck (N.D.)
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Collection: 00071 - Former Governors' Mansion Photograph Collection
Folder: 0001
Item: 00026
Date: Circa 1905
Title: "Honest" John Burke addressing a crowd on Main Avenue, Bismarck (N.D.)
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Collection: 00071 - Former Governors' Mansion Photograph Collection
Folder: 0001
Item: 00031
Date: 1907-1913
Creator: Burke photo
Title: View from the living room to the dining room at the Old Governor's Mansion, Bismarck (N.D.)
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Collection: 00071 - Former Governors' Mansion Photograph Collection
Folder: 0001
Item: 00033
Date: circa 1940
Creator: William Langer family
Title: "Wild Bill" Langer with his wife, Lydia, daughters Cornelia and Mary, and a dog at their Bismarck (N.D.) home
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Collection: 00071 - Former Governors' Mansion Photograph Collection
Folder: 0001
Item: 00035
Date: 1932-1934, 1937-1939
Creator: William Langer family
Title: The Northeast bedroom in the Old Governor's Mansion, Bismarck (N.D.)
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Collection: 00071 - Former Governors' Mansion Photograph Collection
Folder: 0001
Item: 00037
Date: 1932-1934, 1937-1939
Creator: Risem Studio
Title: The dining room in the Old Governor's Mansion, Bismarck (N.D.)
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Collection: 00071 - Former Governors' Mansion Photograph Collection
Folder: 0002
Item: 00039_02
Date: 1/2/1953
Title: Lawn ornaments at the Old Governor's Mansion, Bismarck (N.D.)
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Collection: 00071 - Former Governors' Mansion Photograph Collection
Folder: 0002
Item: 00039_04
Date: 3/18/1953
Title: Two workers relax in the carriage house at the Old Governor's Mansion, Bismarck (N.D.)
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Collection: 00071 - Former Governors' Mansion Photograph Collection
Folder: 0002
Item: 00039_07
Date: Circa 1955
Title: Unidentified woman with two dogs in the snowy yard of the Old Governor's Mansion, Bismarck (N.D.)
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Collection: 00071 - Former Governors' Mansion Photograph Collection
Folder: 0002
Item: 00039_09
Date: 1949
Title: Employee with two little girls sitting on a utility truck at the Old Governor's Mansion, Bismarck (N.D.)
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Collection: 00071 - Former Governors' Mansion Photograph Collection
Folder: 0002
Item: 00039_11
Date: Circa 1955
Title: Young girl on her bicycle in the driveway at the Old Governor's Mansion, Bismarck (N.D.)
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Collection: 00071 - Former Governors' Mansion Photograph Collection
Folder: 0002
Item: 00039_14
Date: Circa 1955
Title: Unidentified woman in the side garden of the Old Governor's Mansion, Bismarck (N.D.)
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Collection: 00071 - Former Governors' Mansion Photograph Collection
Folder: 0002
Item: 00039_15
Date: Circa 1955
Title: Unidentified woman in a checked skirt on the north lawn of the Old Governor's Mansion, Bismarck (N.D.)
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Collection: 00071 - Former Governors' Mansion Photograph Collection
Folder: 0002
Item: 00039_17
Date: Circa 1955
Title: Unidentified young woman in saddle shoes outside the Old Governor's Mansion, Bismarck (N.D.)
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Collection: 00071 - Former Governors' Mansion Photograph Collection
Folder: 0002
Item: 00039_19
Date: Circa 1955
Title: Unidentified woman by the garden of the Old Governor's Mansion, Bismarck (N.D.)
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Collection: 00071 - Former Governors' Mansion Photograph Collection
Folder: 0002
Item: 00039_21
Date: Circa 1955
Title: Unidentified young woman smiles beside the flowers at the Old Governor's Mansion, Bismarck (N.D.)
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Collection: 00071 - Former Governors' Mansion Photograph Collection
Folder: 0002
Item: 00039_23
Date: Circa 1955
Title: Young woman on the lawn of the Old Governor's Mansion, Bismarck (N.D.)
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Collection: 00071 - Former Governors' Mansion Photograph Collection
Folder: 0002
Item: 00039_25
Date: Circa 1955
Title: Stylishly dressed woman beside the car at the Old Governor's Mansion, Bismarck (N.D.)
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Collection: 00071 - Former Governors' Mansion Photograph Collection
Folder: 0002
Item: 00039_27
Date: Circa 1955
Title: Two girls outside the Carriage House of the Old Governor's Mansion, Bismarck (N.D.)

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