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Collection: 00028 - Arthur E. Thompson Photograph Collection
Folder: 0001
Item: 00012
Title: Automobiles in front of the Olson Ranch near Medora (N.D.)
Date: 1924
Creator: Thompson, Arthur E
Inscription/Marks: On the back: 28-12, replaced with 0028-12.
Summary: Eight automobiles are parked in open area in front of a two-story farm house and barn. Men are walking toward residence. The driveway access is overgrown and the two sides are crowded with plants. In the background are the hills and buttes of Medora (ND).
Red ID: PH_I_142101 Image ID: 103074 Image Notes: 00028-00012

Collection: 00028 Digitized Images from Collection
Title: Arthur E. Thompson Photograph Collection
Date: Circa 1924

Summary: Photographs taken by Arthur E. Thompson, McLean County Superintendent of Schools, of school and Parent-Teacher Association events in Washburn (N.D.), rural McLean County (N.D.), and Medora (N.D.).

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