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Collection Summary
Collection: 00042 - Marquis de Mores Photograph Collection
Folder: 0001
Item: 00001
Title: Antoine-Amédée-Marie-Vincent Manca Amat de Vallombrosa, the Marquis de Mores, with rifle as a child
Date: Circa 1860
Inscription/Marks: On the back: 0042-01.
Summary: Full length standing portrait of young child in white skirt with dark cape and white bow tie, dark stockings and ribbon tied shoes. The boy, identified as Antoine de Vallombrosa, the Marquis de Mores, holds a small rifle. Born in 1858, the image shows him at about age 4. Antoine Amédée Marie Vincent Manca de Vallambrosa, more often called by his title, the Marquis de Morès, was an entrepreneurial Frenchman and a key player in the North Dakota badlands in the 1880s.
Red ID: PH_I_143262 Image ID: 105230 Image Notes: 00042-00001

Collection: 00042 Digitized Images from Collection
Title: Marquis de Mores Photograph Collection
Date: Circa 1860-1960

Summary: An artificial collection from a variety of sources, the collection includes images of family and businesses owned by Marquis de Mores, primarily in Medora, ND and in France. Includes prints, negatives, and albums.

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