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Collection Summary
Collection: E - E Collection
Folder: 0000.000
Item: 0180-00001
Title: Governor John Moses and elephant from the Elk's Circus, Bismarck (N.D.)
Date: 1940
Inscription/Marks: Judy, holds an invitation to the Elk's Circus in her curled trunl. She got to the Governor's Office by climbing a long flight of stairs and parading down the Memorial Hall.
Summary: Governor John Moses sits behind his desk during the visit of an elephant to the governor's office. Archie O. Johnson and an unidentified man watch from a distance. The elephant was part of a circus that was visiting Bismarck.||John Moses was born in Norway, and came to North Dakota in 1905. He worked for the Great Northern Railway, and as a lawyer and state's attorney before becoming governor in 1939. After leaving the governor's office, he ran for and won Gerald P. Nye's senate seat, but died soon after entering the Senate in 1945.
Red ID: PH_I_88685 Image ID: 43871 Image Notes: E0180-00001

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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