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Collection: 00042 - Marquis de Mores Photograph Collection
Folder: 0005
Item: 00180
Title: "Furnished Building Rent Free" sign on the old Packing Plant Building in Medora (N.D.)
Date: 1886-1905
Inscription/Marks: [front] "This Building with Machinery Will Be Furnished Rent Free to any Responsible Party and will start Any Industry Therein". Packing Plant Given by Louis de Vallombrosa 1954. Collection 0042-180.
Summary: In this dark and damaged photograph, a sign stretches out across the side wall of part of the old Packing Plant abandoned by the Marquis de Mores when the business failed in 1886. Probably dating from the last decade of the 1880s, the photograph captures a sad moment in the history of the building, and for the town of Medora (N.D.). The sign says "This building with machinery will be furnished RENT FREE to any responsible party who will start any industry therein".
Red ID: PH_I_144395 Image ID: 105417 Image Notes: 00042-00180

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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