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Collection Summary
Collection: 00042 - Marquis de Mores Photograph Collection
Folder: 0005
Item: 00158
Title: The Chateau de Mores, Medora (D.T.)
Date: 1883
Creator: Ingersoll, T. W.--(Truman Ward),--1862-1922
Inscription/Marks: [back] 0042-158. Chateau de Mores. Duke de Vallombrosa, Gift. Truman W. Ingersall, Photographer, St. Paul. D409 [crossed through]. 1883.
Summary: The photograph, taken by Truman Ingersoll of St Paul, Minnesota in 1883, looks across the flat bottom land along the Little Missouri River outside of Medora, Dakota Territory. A wagon track slices through the bottoms, and atop the steep bluff of the stream is the home of the Marquis de Mores. Known as the Chateau, the structure was built by the Marquis de Mores when he arrived in North Dakota in 1883. This house served as a summer residence for his family.
Red ID: PH_I_144368 Image ID: 105390 Image Notes: 00042-00158

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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