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Collection: 00101 - Dana Monroe Wright Photo Collection
Folder: 0001
Item: 00015
Date: 1962
Creator: Wright, Dana
Title: DeTrobriand's campsite, Stony Lake on the Fort Totten Trail
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Collection: 00101 - Dana Monroe Wright Photo Collection
Folder: 0001
Item: 00022
Date: 02/05/1899
Creator: Wright, Dana
Title: Shelter made of tarps and sticks, Manila (P.I.)
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Collection: 00101 - Dana Monroe Wright Photo Collection
Folder: 0001
Item: 00023
Date: 08/12/1938
Creator: Wright, Dana
Title: Hawks Nest Hill taken from the north, Wells County (N.D.)
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Collection: 00101 - Dana Monroe Wright Photo Collection
Folder: 0001
Item: 00025
Date: 1961
Creator: Wright, Dana
Title: Devils Heart Hill taken from NE, Tokio (N.D.)
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Collection: 00101 - Dana Monroe Wright Photo Collection
Folder: 0001
Item: 00027
Date: 1962
Creator: Wright, Dana,--1878-1964
Title: Log cabin mentioned in H. C. Groth letter
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Collection: 00101 - Dana Monroe Wright Photo Collection
Folder: 0001
Item: 00029
Date: 05/1950
Creator: Wright, Dana
Title: Writing Rock south of Lake Tewaukan near Fort Ransom (N.D.)
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Collection: 00101 - Dana Monroe Wright Photo Collection
Folder: 0001
Item: 00031
Date: 1923
Creator: Wright, Dana,--1878-1964
Title: Monroe at Writing Rock, Fort Ransom (N.D.)
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Collection: 00101 - Dana Monroe Wright Photo Collection
Folder: 0001
Item: 00034
Date: 1962
Creator: North Dakota Scenes Publishing
Title: Mandan Indian village, Fort Abraham Lincoln State Park, Mandan (N.D.)
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Collection: 00101 - Dana Monroe Wright Photo Collection
Folder: 0001
Item: 00036
Date: Circa 1925
Creator: Wright, Dana,--1878-1964
Title: Bridge over the Red River at Georgetown (Minn.)
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Collection: 00101 - Dana Monroe Wright Photo Collection
Folder: 0001
Item: 00039
Date: Circa 1930
Creator: Wright, Dana,--1878-1964
Title: Nina Farley Wishek & family
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Collection: 00101 - Dana Monroe Wright Photo Collection
Folder: 0001
Item: 00041
Date: Circa 1880
Creator: Wright, Dana,--1878-1964
Title: Anthony Nolan & wife
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Collection: 00101 - Dana Monroe Wright Photo Collection
Folder: 0001
Item: 00048
Date: 1960
Creator: Wright, Dana,--1878-1964
Title: Highwater Trail between Fort Ransom and Abercrombie looking SE
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Collection: 00101 - Dana Monroe Wright Photo Collection
Folder: 0001
Item: 00050
Date: 06/30/1941
Creator: Wright, Dana,--1878-1964
Title: Sully's 1864 camp on Heart River, S of Antelope (N.D.)
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Collection: 00101 - Dana Monroe Wright Photo Collection
Folder: 0001
Item: 00053
Date: 07/18/1960
Creator: Wright, Dana,--1878-1964
Title: Old Fort Totten Cemetery looking NE toward Fort Totten
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Collection: 00101 - Dana Monroe Wright Photo Collection
Folder: 0001
Item: 00065
Date: 08/1938
Creator: Wright, Dana,--1878-1964
Title: Camp Arnold on the Sibley Trail memorial marker, Oriska (N.D.)
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Collection: 00101 - Dana Monroe Wright Photo Collection
Folder: 0001
Item: 00067
Date: 08/1938
Creator: Wright, Dana,--1878-1964
Title: Graves of James Ponsford and Andrew Moore at Camp Arnold, Oriska (N.D.)
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Collection: 00101 - Dana Monroe Wright Photo Collection
Folder: 0001
Item: 00073
Date: Undated
Creator: Fiske, Frank Bennett,--1883-1952
Title: Jack McCrory, Sr. residence, Winona (N.D.)
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Collection: 00101 - Dana Monroe Wright Photo Collection
Folder: 0001
Item: 00075
Date: Undated
Creator: Fiske, Frank Bennett,--1883-1952
Title: Winona schoolhouse after the town was abandoned
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Collection: 00101 - Dana Monroe Wright Photo Collection
Folder: 0001
Item: 00078
Date: Undated
Creator: Fiske, Frank Bennett,--1883-1952
Title: The Old Galpin House a historic landmark 8 miles N of Fort Yates (N.D.)
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Collection: 00101 - Dana Monroe Wright Photo Collection
Folder: 0002
Item: 00092
Date: ca. 1950
Creator: Kennelly, T. G. C.
Title: Voight standing on steps of log cabin with Russell Reid & Vlasin seated
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Collection: 00101 - Dana Monroe Wright Photo Collection
Folder: 0002
Item: 00141
Date: 05/07/1960
Creator: Wright, Dana,--1878-1964
Title: A.W. Wentz and Governor John Davis cutting ribbon at opening of Interstate 29, Drayton (N.D.)
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Collection: 00101 - Dana Monroe Wright Photo Collection
Folder: 0011
Item: 00166
Date: 1922
Creator: Wright, Dana,--1878-1964
Title: Ken Wright and Dick Black from UND surveying the Sibley Trail
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Collection: 00101 - Dana Monroe Wright Photo Collection
Folder: 0011
Item: 00169
Date: Undated
Creator: Wright, Dana
Title: Camp Olin, Foster County (N.D.)
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Collection: 00101 - Dana Monroe Wright Photo Collection
Folder: 0011
Item: 00171
Date: Undated
Creator: Wright, Dana,--1878-1964
Title: Camp Weiser, Barnes County (N.D.)
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Collection: 00101 - Dana Monroe Wright Photo Collection
Folder: 0011
Item: 00200
Date: Undated
Creator: Wright, Dana,--1878-1964
Title: Cheyenne village

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