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Collection Summary
Collection: E - E Collection
Folder: 0000.000
Item: 0430-00001
Title: Scenes of Bismarck (D.T.)
Date: 1879
Creator: Rogers, W. A.--(William Allen),--1854-1931
Inscription/Marks: [caption under images-Clockwise from top] Selling buffalo robes; Telegraph Repair Company; Bottle groceries; Black Hills Oxen Train; The Opera House [on program: Season will open with the Jim-Jams] Banner on stage curtains that actors are opening: Future Bismarck.
Summary: Wood cut print of various scenes in Bismarck, Dakota Territory drawn by W.A. (William Allan) Rogers and published in Harper's Weekly. Events around Bismarck, Dakota Territory include Selling buffalo robes, Telegraph Repair Company, Bottle groceries, Black Hills Oxen Train, and The Opera House [on program: Season will open with the Jim-Jams] Banner on stage curtains that actors are opening: Future Bismarck. Donated by Mrs. Cora McDeritt Wilson on July 24, 1984, Original Accession # 84AV019 with eight other wood cut prints and Dakota maps.
Red ID: PH_I_88588 Image ID: 52603 Image Notes: E0430-00001

Collection: E Digitized Images from Collection
Title: E Collection
Date: 1863-2009

Summary: At some point in time the State Historical Society separated photographs into collections by size. The A collection consists of items 4 X 5” or less, the B collection consists of items 5 X 7” or less, the C collection consists of items 8 X 10” or less, the D collection consists of items 11 X 14” or less, and the E collection consists of items larger than 11 X 14”.

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