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Collection Summary
Collection: 00055 - Arthur Benson Gilbert Photograph Collection
Folder: 0003
Item: 00062
Title: Harvesting alfalfa from a field, Bismarck (N.D.)
Date: 6/30/1915
Creator: Gilbert, Arthur Benson
Inscription/Marks: [front-printed in black on bottom edge] "ALFALFA" PHOTO TAKEN AT BISMARCK, N. D., JUNE 30, 1915. BISMARCK REALTY CO. [back in black ink] 00055-0062 A3463 [crossed through] FN9/u56 Alfalfa Field, Bismarck, North Dakota. (From Non-Partisan League collection) Donor: A. B. Gilbert, Mound, Minnesota. [back in blue ink] Alfalfa field, Burleight County, 1915. [back in pencil] 00055-0062. No story with these. [back-printed in black ink] Post Card. Place Stamp Here. [divide line] BLACK AND WHITE. [back-red ink stamp] RECEIVED BY MUSEUM FEB 25 1935 MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY. 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: This postcard image shows a farmer cutting alfalfa from a field identified as near Bismarck (N.D.). He is using a mule drawn mowing machine, pulled by two mules. Ca. 1915. Off in the distant background is a windbreak of trees, with the skyline having been removed before printing.
Red ID: PH_I_144609 Image ID: 105636 Image Notes: 00055-00062

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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