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Collection Summary
Collection: 00071 - Former Governors' Mansion Photograph Collection
Folder: 0002
Item: 00039_45
Title: Woman posing on a swing in the yard of the Old Governor's Mansion, Bismarck (N.D.)
Date: Circa 1955
Inscription/Marks: On the back: 0071-39-45, "No Date", and "45".
Summary: A woman, unidentified but most likely the wife of chauffeur Phil Fetch, poses with a smile as she sits on the seat of a swing at the Old Governor's Mansion, Bismarck (N.D.). Behind her is the house located at 614 N. 4th Street, north of the Mansion lot. She wears a nice checked dress with a belt of the same fabric. The family lived in the Carriage House on the Mansion property. Taken at some point in the 1950s. It is unclear which Governor's family was in residence in the Mansion itself at this time, Aandahl left office in 1951, and was succeeded by Brunsdale from 1951-1957, and then Davis from 1957-1961.
Red ID: PH_I_167751 Image ID: 497707 Image Notes: 00071-00039-45

Collection: 00071 Digitized Images from Collection
Title: Former Governors' Mansion Photograph Collection
Date: 1902-1975

Summary: Images of Former Governors' Mansion and the Governors and families who lived there.

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