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Collection Summary
Collection: 00055 - Arthur Benson Gilbert Photograph Collection
Folder: 0003
Item: 00057
Title: Red Trail Bridge near Medora (N.D.)
Date: 1916
Creator: Gilbert, Arthur Benson
Inscription/Marks: [front] Red Trail Bridge, Medora, No. Dak. Cost $20,000.00, Paid By Popular Subscription. Copyright 1916 Doubleday and Myers. [back in black ink] 00055-0057 A3265 [crossed through] FN9/u79 Red Trail Bridge, Medora, North Dakota. Red Trail Bridge, Medora. (From Non-Partisan League collection) Donor: A. B. Gilbert, Mound, Minnesota. [back-printed] POST CARD CORRESPONDENCE HERE NAME AND ADDRESS HERE AZO PLACE STAMP HERE AZO. [back-red ink stamp] RECEIVED BY MUSEUM FEB 25 1935 MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY. [back-black ink stamp] STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF NORTH DAKOTA. [back blue ink] Gift 1959. Images were originally donated to Minnesota Historical Society February 25 1935 by Arthur Benson Gilbert, editor of the Nonpartisan Leader. Images were used in the publication. The images were transferred to the State Historical Society of North Dakota in 1959 and placed in the 00055 Collection. Some images were separated out for use and added to the A through E collections. The images have now been returned to the original collection.
Summary: The Red Trail Bridge near Medora (N.D.) cost $20,000.00, in the mid-1910s, and was paid for with popular subscriptions . This image shows the bridge over Little Missouri River under construction in a snowy scene. Men in work clothes are working on installing beams and road bed on bridge. The approach on the photo left side is partially completed, but the far side is not yet done. The river is frozen and covered with snow. Illinois Steel Bridge Company, Zelch and Walton, northwestern agents, Gilfillan Black, St. Paul, Minnesota were awarded the contract at $14,580 to construct the 3-span steel bridge with concrete piers and abutments on the Red Trail over the Little Missouri River.
Red ID: PH_I_144604 Image ID: 94367 Image Notes: 00055-00057-info

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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Collection Summary
Collection: 00055 - Arthur Benson Gilbert Photograph Collection
Folder: 0003
Item: 00057
Title: Red Trail Bridge near Medora (N.D.)
Date: 1916
Creator: Gilbert, Arthur Benson
Inscription/Marks: [front] Red Trail Bridge, Medora, No. Dak. Cost $20,000.00, Paid By Popular Subscription. Copyright 1916 Doubleday and Myers. [back in black ink] 00055-0057 A3265 [crossed through] FN9/u79 Red Trail Bridge, Medora, North Dakota. Red Trail Bridge, Medora. (From Non-Partisan League collection) Donor: A. B. Gilbert, Mound, Minnesota. [back-printed] POST CARD CORRESPONDENCE HERE NAME AND ADDRESS HERE AZO PLACE STAMP HERE AZO. [back-red ink stamp] RECEIVED BY MUSEUM FEB 25 1935 MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY. [back-black ink stamp] STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF NORTH DAKOTA. [back blue ink] Gift 1959. Images were originally donated to Minnesota Historical Society February 25 1935 by Arthur Benson Gilbert, editor of the Nonpartisan Leader. Images were used in the publication. The images were transferred to the State Historical Society of North Dakota in 1959 and placed in the 00055 Collection. Some images were separated out for use and added to the A through E collections. The images have now been returned to the original collection.
Summary: The Red Trail Bridge near Medora (N.D.) cost $20,000.00, in the mid-1910s, and was paid for with popular subscriptions . This image shows the bridge over Little Missouri River under construction in a snowy scene. Men in work clothes are working on installing beams and road bed on bridge. The approach on the photo left side is partially completed, but the far side is not yet done. The river is frozen and covered with snow. Illinois Steel Bridge Company, Zelch and Walton, northwestern agents, Gilfillan Black, St. Paul, Minnesota were awarded the contract at $14,580 to construct the 3-span steel bridge with concrete piers and abutments on the Red Trail over the Little Missouri River.
Red ID: PH_I_144604 Image ID: 94366 Image Notes: 00055-00057

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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