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Collection: 00042 - Marquis de Mores Photograph Collection
Folder: 0005
Item: 00172
Title: Restoration work at the Chateau de Mores, Medora ND
Date: 1937-1941
Creator: Fauss, Don
Inscription/Marks: [back] 0042-172 De Mores Historic Site. Photo by Don Fauss.
Summary: Members of a Civilian Conservation Corps team work restoring the main house building at the Chateau de Mores, Medora (N.D.). Windows have been boarded up, and the porch partially dismantled. Piles of construction excavation dirt sit beside the porch. Trucks and men are on the site. Renovation was undertaken between 1937 and 1941.||The Marquis de Mores arrived in North Dakota in 1883 and he built this house as a summer residence for his family. They spent summers here until 1886. The house was deeded to the State Historical Society of North Dakota by Louis, Duke de Vallombrosa in 1936.
Red ID: PH_I_144384 Image ID: 105406 Image Notes: 00042-00172

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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