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Collection: 00055 - Arthur Benson Gilbert Photograph Collection
Folder: 0003
Item: 00063
Title: Exterior of the Florence Crittenton Home, Fargo (N.D.)
Date: Circa 1915
Creator: Gilbert, Arthur Benson
Inscription/Marks: [back in black ink] 00055-0063 A1890 [crossed through] FN9/r79. Crittenton home Fargo. (From the Non-Partisan League collection). Donor: A. B. Gilbert, Mound, Minnesota. [back in blue ink] A1890 [crossed through] Fargo. Florence Crittenton Home. Exterior. Gift of Minnesota Historical Society August 1960. [back in pencil] 2 col. 2783/2. [back-red ink stamp] RECEIVED BY MUSEUM FEB 25 1935 MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY. [back-black ink stamp] STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF NORTH DAKOTA. 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 first Florence Crittenton home in Fargo is on the left, and was constructed in 1893. The stone building on photo right is the main building built in 1911. These were charitable institutions for women whose purpose was to provide a safe haven for the young women of the streets. A national organization started in New York, at this time it mainly was a home for unwed mothers. The original building is a two story clapboard frame house with a full porch. An access door on the second floor to the flat roof created by the porch allows for use as a balcony or for evacuation. A lattice fence encloses the area between the original building and the new stone building, providing protected playing space for children. The new building has a stone staircase that leads up to the covered entrance held up by columns and having a porch on the second floor. A United States flag flies just below the railing of the second story balcony. A barn and shed can be seen in the background and trees line the front sidewalk. This image is believed to be the work of Arthur Benson Gilbert for potential use in the Nonpartisan Leader.
Red ID: PH_I_144610 Image ID: 105637 Image Notes: 00055-00063

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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