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Collection Summary
Collection: 00055 - Arthur Benson Gilbert Photograph Collection
Folder: 0003
Item: 00058
Title: Train stuck in snow blockade, Edgeley (N.D.)
Date: 1928
Creator: Gilbert, Arthur Benson
Inscription/Marks: On the front: STUCK Ravely Edgeley, N.D. On the back[back in black ink] 00055-0058 A5096 [crossed through] FN9/u89 Snow Blockade in North Dakota (From Non-Partisan League collection) Donor: A. B. Gilbert, Mound, Minnesota. [back-printed] POST CARD markings. [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] Minn. Hist. Soc stamp.
Summary: A steam railroad engine with a Russell Wing Elevator Snow Blade sits stuck in the snow drift it was trying to plow through. The stack on the envingine is emitting black smoke as it tries to build up pressure to move the blockage. Men in dark coats stand on the snow bank photo right. The Russel Snow Plow company began manufacturing snowplows after WWI. This image was taken by William Ravely, in 1928, near Edgeley (N.D.)
Red ID: PH_I_144605 Image ID: 105632 Image Notes: 00055-00058

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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