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Collection Summary
Collection: 00042 - Marquis de Mores Photograph Collection
Folder: 0001
Item: 00009
Title: Louis, Duke de Vallombrosa on horseback, Medora (D.T.)
Date: 1903
Inscription/Marks: [back] Louis
Summary: Louis, Duke de Vallombrosa and son of the Marquis and Marquise de Mores sits on horseback holding a rifle, during a trip back to the town of Medora in 1903. The Badlands are visible in the background.||Louis, Duke de Vallombrosa was born in New York in 1885, and brought to Dakota Territory as an infant. After leaving Dakota Territory in 1886, he grew up in France, and returned to North Dakota in 1903 for a visit with his mother Medora and sister Athenais. He was educated at Yale University and married in 1918. His son Antoinne or Tony was born in 1921. Louis was a banker until 1936 when he retired and moved to Switzerland, the same year he deeded the Chateau de Mores to the state of North Dakota. He died in New York in 1959.
Red ID: PH_I_143270 Image ID: 93974 Image Notes: 00042-00009

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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