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Collection Summary
Collection: E - E Collection
Folder: 0000.000
Item: 0032-00001
Title: McKenzie Hotel, Bismarck (N.D.)
Date: 1911-1928
Summary: People gather in the roof garden of the Hotel McKenzie on Main Avenue in Bismarck. A car is parked on the side of the road, and a streetcar is also visible on the street.||The Hotel McKenzie opened in 1911, and was the tallest building in North Dakota for many years. It was sold to Edward G. Patterson and renamed the Patterson Hotel in 1928.
Red ID: PH_I_88769 Image ID: 52354 Image Notes: E0032-00001

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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