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Collection Summary
Collection: 2019-P-031 - Hoskins-Meyer
Folder: 0000.000
Item: 00041
Title: McLean County grading crew working with machinery in the fields near Ryder (N.D.)
Date: 1921
Creator: Hoskins-Meyer (Bismarck, N.D.)
Inscription/Marks: [Handwritten in blue in on front bottom border of photograph] McLean County Grading Crew Near Ryder N.D. [embossed in front lower right corner of photograph] Made by Hoskins, Inc. Bismarck, N.D. [handwritten on back of photograph] D162 [black ink stamp on back of photograph] STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF NORTH DAKOTA.
Summary: Three machines in a row with the McLean County grading crewing standing next to them on a field road [Washburn_Leader_Fri__Jun_10__1921_p02] The McLean County grading outfit is working on the road running east and west through the county parallel with the county line on the section line one mile south of the Ward County line. The outfit is now camped at Hiddenwood. This road crosses the Ryder-Roseglen road with is also being improved. Ward County will regrade the road from Ryder to the McLean County line, and McLean County already has started work on the road from the line, McLeanr County grader to expend six miles south of Roseglen.—Ryder News.
Red ID: PH_I_193097 Image ID: 172909 Image Notes: 2019-P-031-00041

Collection: 2019-P-031 Digitized Images from Collection
Title: Hoskins-Meyer
Date: 1920-1930

Summary: Collection of negatives and photographs taken by Hoskins-Meyer Studios in and around Bismarck (N.D.) and used to produce real photo postcards for sale.

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