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Collection Summary
Collection: 00075 - Historical Data Project Photograph Collection
Folder: 0015
Item: 00586
Title: WPA workers building the Winter Sports Arena, Fargo (N.D.)
Date: 1938-1939
Creator: Holt, B. M.
Inscription/Marks: On the back: col. 75/586, and "B.M.Holt -Backbone of the largest building (floor space) in the U.S.-Fargo Arena 1939".
Summary: Part of a large WPA project in Island Park, Fargo (N.D.) is being framed out. The arching roof trusses of the Winter Sports Arena that will create the vaulted roof of this huge building are made of wood. The trusses are in place and the entry portion is being formed and braced. A very complicated construction scene with dirt and ladders all around the site. Built between 1938 and 1939.
Red ID: PH_I_39863 Image ID: 170950 Image Notes: 00075-00586-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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Collection Summary
Collection: 00075 - Historical Data Project Photograph Collection
Folder: 0015
Item: 00586
Title: WPA workers building the Winter Sports Arena, Fargo (N.D.)
Date: 1938-1939
Creator: Holt, B. M.
Inscription/Marks: On the back: col. 75/586, and "B.M.Holt -Backbone of the largest building (floor space) in the U.S.-Fargo Arena 1939".
Summary: Part of a large WPA project in Island Park, Fargo (N.D.) is being framed out. The arching roof trusses of the Winter Sports Arena that will create the vaulted roof of this huge building are made of wood. The trusses are in place and the entry portion is being formed and braced. A very complicated construction scene with dirt and ladders all around the site. Built between 1938 and 1939.
Red ID: PH_I_39863 Image ID: 170949 Image Notes: 00075-00586

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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