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Collection Summary
Collection: 00055 - Arthur Benson Gilbert Photograph Collection
Folder: 0001
Item: 00003
Title: Building Project No. 1 of the Non-Partisan League homebuilding campaign, Fargo (N.D. )
Date: 8/12/1920
Creator: Gilbert, Arthur Benson
Inscription/Marks: [back in black ink] Col. 55-03-1 FN9/014 Building Project #1 Fargo, North Dakota. (From Non-Partisan League collection). Donor: A. B. Gilbert, Mound, Minnesota. Fargo Project 1 August 12, 1920. [back-typed] 10/18/20 These are now practically completed [back-red ink stamp] RECEIVED IN MUSEUM FEB 25 1935 MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY. [back-blue ink] Gift of Minnesota Historical Society.
Summary: The photograph was published in The Nonpartisan Leader Vol. 11, No. 9, October 4, 1920, p.07, to accompany an article by E.B. Fussell. It shows six houses being constructed. They are in various stages of completion. These are classic Craftsman bungalows, and represent the accomplishment of the League in facilitating a home-building campaign in cities in North Dakota, and creating the North Dakota State Homebuilding association. Off in the distance are other houses and buildings, in an established part of Fargo (N.D.).
Red ID: PH_I_144543 Image ID: 105567 Image Notes: 00055-00003-01

Collection: 00055 Digitized Images from Collection
Title: Arthur Benson Gilbert Photograph Collection
Date: 1880-1920

Summary: Images of agriculture, the Nonpartisan League, and buildings. Many of the images were used in the Nonpartisan Leader. Photographs were taken in Bismarck, Brantford, Buffalo Spring, Esmond, Fargo, Hekton, McKenzie, Pretty Rock, Williston and Wyndmere (N.D.).

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