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Collection Summary
Collection: 00055 - Arthur Benson Gilbert Photograph Collection
Folder: 0003
Item: 00053
Title: Westlawn Public School, Williston (N.D.)
Date: 1915
Creator: Gilbert, Arthur Benson
Inscription/Marks: Bloom Brothers Company Postcard No7352
Summary: This postcard photograph shows the front entrance and right side of West Lawn Public School in Williston (N.D.), in 1915. Three story brick building with full basement. Double-door entrance has glass windows in the doors which are surrounded by sidelights and skylight. Concrete sidewalks surround the building and lead to the entrance. Young trees have been planted beside the sidewalk pathway. A short stone fence separates the school property from the road. Double-hung windows grace the sides of the buildings and an arched window is over the entrance and at the top of the building. It has a hipped roof. A flagpole is visible at the top of the entrance behind the façade. A double window dormer protrudes from the roofline on the right side. Asphalt tiles cover the roof. In the background are other buildings including one with a steeple. This is a building set beside an existing residential neighborhood.
Red ID: PH_I_144600 Image ID: 105626 Image Notes: 00055-00053

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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