Details

Collection Summary
Collection: 00276 - Leo LaLonde Collection
Series:
Folder: 0000.000
Item: 00002
Title: Fire at Scott's Self Service store, Bismarck (N.D.)
Date: circa 1940
Creator: LaLonde, Leo
Inscription/Marks:
Summary: Firefighters use hoses to spray down flames at Scott's Self Service store on 4th Street in Bismarck. Icicles are forming on the building debris. People watch the scene from the street. The Dakota National Bank & Trust Co. is visible next door.
Red ID: PH_I_149829 Image ID: 99756 Image Notes: 00276-00002

Collection: 00276 Digitized Images from Collection
Title: Leo LaLonde Collection
Date: 1952-1970

Summary: 13,847 items. Consists of negatives and prints taken by Leo LaLonde at his studio in downtown Bismarck (N.D.) and images taken for The Bismarck Tribune. The studio images are divided into three series: business, baby portraits, and portraits. Leo LaLonde separated and placed descriptions on the photo envelope. Also included with the studio images are 110 photographs of original prints by LaLonde, prints given to him, or contact prints made by the State Historical Society of North Dakota from LaLonde’s negatives. Images 13094-13847 were added to the collection in 2016 and include a variety of images taken for the Bismarck Tribune, for recreation, and for photo contests.

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