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Collection Summary
Collection: D - D Collection
Folder: 0000.000
Item: 0665-00001
Title: Waldorf Hotel Fire, Fargo (N.D.)
Date: 12/13/1951
Creator: Bogenrief, Henry,--1903-1997
Inscription/Marks: [back-stamp] Photo By Hank Bogenrief 1414- 12th Ave. So. Phone 8328, Fargo, N.D. [written] 12-13-51 Eleven tons of water per min was going into the building at height of the blaze. Three lives were lost in the hotel. 13 below zero wether [sic]
Summary: Firefighters are working to put out the fire at the hotel. In the foreground are Christmas greenery and signs hanging from wires. The hotel had changed hands several times and was actually called the Earle Hotel at the time of this fire. Two hundred guests were evacuated but three had lost their lives in the fire.
Red ID: PH_I_88821 Image ID: 52283 Image Notes: D0665-00001

Collection: D Digitized Images from Collection
Title: D Collection
Date: circa 1874-circa 1960

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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