Details

Collection Summary
Collection: D - D Collection
Folder: 0000.000
Item: 0053-00001
Title: Ferry Boat Marion at the dock on the bank of the Missouri River with Northern Pacific Railroad bridge in the background, Bismarck (N.D.)
Date: Circa 1925
Summary: Ferry Marion on the banks of the Missouri river with train tracks in the foreground and the railroad bridge (now Liberty Memorial Bridge) in the background. The photo appears to have been very near what is now Bismarck (N.D.) Steamboat Park.
Red ID: PH_I_89164 Image ID: 51832 Image Notes: D0053-00001

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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