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Collection: 00055 - Arthur Benson Gilbert Photograph Collection
Folder: 0003
Item: 00075
Title: J. J. Osterhaus, Dairy Commissioner, and John N. Hagen, Agriculture and Labor Commissioner, Bismarck (N.D.)
Date: 1917-1921
Creator: Gilbert, Arthur Benson
Inscription/Marks: [back] 00055-007 A7081 [crossed through] ND (From Non-Partisan League Collection) Donor: A. B. Gilbert Mound, Minnesota. [back-red ink stamp] RECEIVED BY MUSEUM FEB 25 1935 MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY. 2 Col. 3846/1
Summary: J. J. Osterhaus, ND Dairy Commissioner strikes a pose with his boss, John N. Hagen, the ND Agriculture and Labor Commissioner. The two commissioners stand outside of the original brick North Dakota State Capitol. An automobile is parked next to the building. J. J. Osterhaus submitted his resignation in 1921 and moved to Wisconsin for a job in the Wisconsin Department of Markets and John N. Hagen was recalled in the same election that removed North Dakota Governor Lynn J. Frazier and North Dakota Attorney General William Lemke from office in 1921. Image from the Non-Partisan League Collection, taken by Gilbert between 1917 and 1921.
Red ID: PH_I_144622 Image ID: 105649 Image Notes: 00055-00075

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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