Collection

Collection: 2018P050 - Preston L. Sawyer Postcard Collection
Folder: 0000.000
Item: 00028
Date: 1916
Title: Third St. looking south from Alpha Ave., Grand Forks (N.D.)
Collection: 2018P050 - Preston L. Sawyer Postcard Collection
Folder: 0000.000
Item: 00023
Date: ca. 1916
Title: Future campus, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks
Collection: 2018P050 - Preston L. Sawyer Postcard Collection
Folder: 0000.000
Item: 00019
Date: 1917
Title: U.S.-Canada international boundary line, Portal (N.D.)
Collection: 2018P050 - Preston L. Sawyer Postcard Collection
Folder: 0000.000
Item: 00018
Date: 1917
Title: Original Capitol Building, Bismarck (N.D.)
Collection: 2018P050 - Preston L. Sawyer Postcard Collection
Folder: 0000.000
Item: 00017
Date: ca. 1917
Creator: North Dakota Drug Co.
Title: Driveway through Lincoln Park, Grand Forks (N.D.)
Collection: 2018P050 - Preston L. Sawyer Postcard Collection
Folder: 0000.000
Item: 00016
Date: ca. 1917
Title: Post Office, Bismarck (N.D.)
Collection: 2018P050 - Preston L. Sawyer Postcard Collection
Folder: 0000.000
Item: 00015
Date: ca. 1917
Creator: North Dakota Drug Co.
Title: Fourth Street looking south, Grand Forks (N.D.)
Collection: 2018P050 - Preston L. Sawyer Postcard Collection
Folder: 0000.000
Item: 00014
Date: 1916
Creator: Curt Teich & Co.
Title: Public Schools in Grand Forks (N.D.): Wilder, Central, Washington, Belmont and Winship Schools
Collection: 2018P050 - Preston L. Sawyer Postcard Collection
Folder: 0000.000
Item: 00013
Date: 12/13/1916
Creator: C. T. American Art
Title: Scandinavian American Bank, Grand Forks (N.D.)
Collection: 2018P050 - Preston L. Sawyer Postcard Collection
Folder: 0000.000
Item: 00012
Date: 07/29/1916
Title: A section of grandstand at North Dakota State Fair, Minot (N.D.)
Collection: 2018P050 - Preston L. Sawyer Postcard Collection
Folder: 0000.000
Item: 00011
Date: 1930
Creator: Finney's Drug Store (Bismarck, N.D.)
Title: City and Elks #1199 swimming pool, Bismarck (N.D.)
Collection: 2018P050 - Preston L. Sawyer Postcard Collection
Folder: 0000.000
Item: 00010
Date: 1930
Creator: Finney's Drug Store (Bismarck, N.D.)
Title: St. Alexius Hospital, Bismarck (N.D.)
Collection: 2018P050 - Preston L. Sawyer Postcard Collection
Folder: 0000.000
Item: 00009
Date: 1908
Title: Metropolitan Theater, Grand Forks (N.D.)
Collection: 2018P050 - Preston L. Sawyer Postcard Collection
Folder: 0000.000
Item: 00008
Date: 1908
Creator: Griffith, R. B.
Title: View of Red River and Three Bridges, Grand Forks (N.D.)
Collection: 2018P050 - Preston L. Sawyer Postcard Collection
Folder: 0000.000
Item: 00007
Date: 1917
Creator: Hoskins' Stationery Co. (Bismarck, N.D.)
Title: U.S. Indian School, Bismarck (N.D.)
Collection: 2018P050 - Preston L. Sawyer Postcard Collection
Folder: 0000.000
Item: 00005
Date: ca. 1916
Title: Auditorium, later Belle Mehus, Bismarck (N.D.)
Collection: 2018P050 - Preston L. Sawyer Postcard Collection
Folder: 0000.000
Item: 00004
Date: ca. 1927
Title: KFYR Radio Station, Bismarck (N.D.)
Collection: 2018P050 - Preston L. Sawyer Postcard Collection
Folder: 0000.000
Item: 00002
Date: ca. 1953
Creator: Curt Teich & Co.
Title: Air View, Fargo (N.D.)
Collection: 2018P050 - Preston L. Sawyer Postcard Collection
Folder: 0000.000
Item: 00001
Date: ca. 1953
Title: Street scene, Jamestown (N.D.)
Collection: 2018P050 - Preston L. Sawyer Postcard Collection
Folder: 0000.000
Item: 00028
Date: 1916
Title: Third St. looking south from Alpha Ave., Grand Forks (N.D.)
Collection: 2018P050 - Preston L. Sawyer Postcard Collection
Folder: 0000.000
Item: 00023
Date: ca. 1916
Title: Future campus, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks
Collection: 2018P050 - Preston L. Sawyer Postcard Collection
Folder: 0000.000
Item: 00018
Date: 1917
Title: Original Capitol Building, Bismarck (N.D.)
Collection: 2018P050 - Preston L. Sawyer Postcard Collection
Folder: 0000.000
Item: 00017
Date: ca. 1917
Creator: North Dakota Drug Co.
Title: Driveway through Lincoln Park, Grand Forks (N.D.)
Collection: 2018P050 - Preston L. Sawyer Postcard Collection
Folder: 0000.000
Item: 00016
Date: ca. 1917
Title: Post Office, Bismarck (N.D.)
Collection: 2018P050 - Preston L. Sawyer Postcard Collection
Folder: 0000.000
Item: 00015
Date: ca. 1917
Creator: North Dakota Drug Co.
Title: Fourth Street looking south, Grand Forks (N.D.)

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