Details

Collection Summary
Collection: D - D Collection
Folder: 0000.000
Item: 0040-00002
Title: View of houses and stores from edge of the town of Grand Forks (D.T.)
Date: Circa 1876
Inscription/Marks: [Front] Grand Forks N. Dak. in 1876 [back- it was sent] Carl C. Gomau Bemidji Minnesota. Caddie can't come They just arrived from St. Paul this morning and she has company. Had a fine trip home but found it as dry as ever no rain here at all, Emma Lou [on stamp) Grand Forks Jul 21. 9-9PM 1908 N. Dak,
Summary: Colored post card of Grand Fork in 1876 with white houses with brown roofs behind a white fence in a field of green grass.
Red ID: PH_I_89165 Image ID: 43221 Image Notes: D0040-00003

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”.

Collection Summary
Collection: D - D Collection
Folder: 0000.000
Item: 0040-00002
Title: View of houses and stores from edge of the town of Grand Forks (D.T.)
Date: Circa 1876
Inscription/Marks: [Front] Grand Forks N. Dak. in 1876 [back- it was sent] Carl C. Gomau Bemidji Minnesota. Caddie can't come They just arrived from St. Paul this morning and she has company. Had a fine trip home but found it as dry as ever no rain here at all, Emma Lou [on stamp) Grand Forks Jul 21. 9-9PM 1908 N. Dak,
Summary: Colored post card of Grand Fork in 1876 with white houses with brown roofs behind a white fence in a field of green grass.
Red ID: PH_I_89165 Image ID: 43222 Image Notes: D0040-00003-back

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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