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Collection Summary
Collection: 00239 - Miscellaneous Photograph Collection
Folder: 0002
Item: 00139
Title: John F. Mangels diving off a 75 foot ladder into a tank of water, Mandan (N.D.)
Date: 07/20/1907
Inscription/Marks: He died in October 1909 after a high dive in California that broke his neck.
Summary: A crowd is gathered to watch, some from the roof of the Merchant's Hotel. The diver is about a third of the way down from the ladder.
Red ID: PH_I_30636 Image ID: 175042 Image Notes: 00239-00139

Collection: 00239 Digitized Images from Collection
Title: Miscellaneous Photograph Collection
Date: 1855-1957

Summary: Images of wheat threshing, Caledonia Creamery, Bismarck firemen, Capital Aviation, Women’s Temperance march, Devils Lake, and scenes in Bismarck, Mandan, Mohall, Devils Lake, Linton, Hillsboro, Wilton, Jamestown, Minot, Valley City, Grand Forks, and Fargo.

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