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Collection Summary
Collection: 00075 - Historical Data Project Photograph Collection
Folder: 0015
Item: 00565
Title: Federal Aid project bridge over the Red River between Fargo (N.D.) & Moorhead (Minn.)
Date: 1937-1942
Creator: Holt, B. M.
Inscription/Marks: On the back: col. 75/565, "52", "0075-0565", and "B.M. Holt--The finest bridge in the northwest--State line between Fargo and Moorhead".
Summary: From the stone-lined embankment along the Red River the new bridge is photographed showing pedestrians and cars crossing on the bridge that links Moorhead, Minnesota and Fargo (N.D.). A Federal Aid project, Number 568-A, the bridge is a handsome continuous span bridge with steel decking and steel plate girders. It is designed in the Art Moderne style, the details of which are seen in of the piers and in the finish appearance of the metal hand or guard rails. The bridge was completed in 1937, and is now listed on the National Register of Historic Places with the identifying number 32CS4474.
Red ID: PH_I_145003 Image ID: 106038 Image Notes: 00075-00565

Collection: 00075 Digitized Images from Collection
Title: Historical Data Project Photograph Collection
Date: 1896-1942

Summary: Includes WPA buildings, road construction projects, images of drought, farming, irrigation projects, coal mining, 4-H activities, agriculture students in the National Youth Administration program, and North Dakota pioneers.

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Collection Summary
Collection: 00075 - Historical Data Project Photograph Collection
Folder: 0015
Item: 00565
Title: Federal Aid project bridge over the Red River between Fargo (N.D.) & Moorhead (Minn.)
Date: 1937-1942
Creator: Holt, B. M.
Inscription/Marks: On the back: col. 75/565, "52", "0075-0565", and "B.M. Holt--The finest bridge in the northwest--State line between Fargo and Moorhead".
Summary: From the stone-lined embankment along the Red River the new bridge is photographed showing pedestrians and cars crossing on the bridge that links Moorhead, Minnesota and Fargo (N.D.). A Federal Aid project, Number 568-A, the bridge is a handsome continuous span bridge with steel decking and steel plate girders. It is designed in the Art Moderne style, the details of which are seen in of the piers and in the finish appearance of the metal hand or guard rails. The bridge was completed in 1937, and is now listed on the National Register of Historic Places with the identifying number 32CS4474.
Red ID: PH_I_145003 Image ID: 101360 Image Notes: 00075-00565-back

Collection: 00075 Digitized Images from Collection
Title: Historical Data Project Photograph Collection
Date: 1896-1942

Summary: Includes WPA buildings, road construction projects, images of drought, farming, irrigation projects, coal mining, 4-H activities, agriculture students in the National Youth Administration program, and North Dakota pioneers.

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