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Collection: 00270 - Frances Densmore Photograph Collection
Folder: 0001
Item: 00019
Date: circa 1910
Title: Reeves Steam tractor pulling a lift plow
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Collection: 00270 - Frances Densmore Photograph Collection
Folder: 0001
Item: 00023
Date: circa 1910
Title: Bird's-eye view of large farm with stock and outbuildings
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Collection: 00270 - Frances Densmore Photograph Collection
Folder: 0001
Item: 00027
Date: circa 1910
Title: Dipping cattle in a chute
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Collection: 00270 - Frances Densmore Photograph Collection
Folder: 0001
Item: 00030
Date: circa 1910
Title: Cowboys dipping horses in chute
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Collection: 00270 - Frances Densmore Photograph Collection
Folder: 0001
Item: 00032
Date: circa 1910
Title: Horse parade at McKenzie, ND
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Collection: 00270 - Frances Densmore Photograph Collection
Folder: 0001
Item: 00034
Date: circa 1910
Title: Bird's-eye view of parade at Bismarck, ND
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Collection: 00270 - Frances Densmore Photograph Collection
Folder: 0001
Item: 00036
Date: circa 1910
Title: Distant view of McKenzie, ND
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Collection: 00270 - Frances Densmore Photograph Collection
Folder: 0002
Item: 00042
Date: circa 1900
Title: Mr. & Mrs. White Bear
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Collection: 00270 - Frances Densmore Photograph Collection
Folder: 0002
Item: 00044
Date: circa 1900
Title: Thad Mason and a Chippewa man rafting
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Collection: 00270 - Frances Densmore Photograph Collection
Folder: 0002
Item: 00047
Date: circa 1900
Title: Bluebird and family at Elbowoods, ND
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Collection: 00270 - Frances Densmore Photograph Collection
Folder: 0002
Item: 00053
Date: circa 1900
Title: Goes Everywhere, son of Crow Flies High and wife
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Collection: 00270 - Frances Densmore Photograph Collection
Folder: 0002
Item: 00057
Date: circa 1900
Title: Mr. and Mrs. Long Bear and family at Shell Creek
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Collection: 00270 - Frances Densmore Photograph Collection
Folder: 0002
Item: 00060
Date: circa 1900
Title: David Brave and Nora Smith at Shell Creek
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Collection: 00270 - Frances Densmore Photograph Collection
Folder: 0002
Item: 00063
Date: circa 1900
Title: Ole Bull, Mandan and Walks, Hidatsa
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Collection: 00270 - Frances Densmore Photograph Collection
Folder: 0002
Item: 00067
Date: circa 1900
Title: "Smells" with a horse at Shell Creek
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Collection: 00270 - Frances Densmore Photograph Collection
Folder: 0002
Item: 00069
Date: circa 1900
Title: Herder "Skunk" on horseback
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Collection: 00270 - Frances Densmore Photograph Collection
Folder: 0002
Item: 00073
Date: circa 1900
Title: Group of Native Americans harvesting ice
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Collection: 00270 - Frances Densmore Photograph Collection
Folder: 0002
Item: 00076
Date: circa 1900
Title: Hidatsa women waiting outside Issue House at Shell Creek
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Collection: 00270 - Frances Densmore Photograph Collection
Folder: 0002
Item: 00085
Date: circa 1910
Title: Sweat Lodge of Long Bear at Shell Creek
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Collection: 00270 - Frances Densmore Photograph Collection
Folder: 0002
Item: 00087
Date: circa 1910
Title: Herd of cattle at Shell Creek
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Collection: 00270 - Frances Densmore Photograph Collection
Folder: 0002
Item: 00089
Date: circa 1910
Title: Students on the steps of of Shell Creek Day School
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Collection: 00270 - Frances Densmore Photograph Collection
Folder: 0002
Item: 00091
Date: circa 1910
Title: Sod House with stove pipe
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Collection: 00270 - Frances Densmore Photograph Collection
Folder: 0003
Item: 00093
Date: circa 1910
Title: Couple in front of sod-roofed log cabin
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Collection: 00270 - Frances Densmore Photograph Collection
Folder: 0003
Item: 00095
Date: circa 1910
Title: Native American by log house
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Collection: 00270 - Frances Densmore Photograph Collection
Folder: 0003
Item: 00097
Date: circa 1910
Title: Rocks in a field
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