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Collection: B - B Collection
Folder: 0000.000
Item: 0756-00050
Title: Great Northern Railway High Bridge in Minot (N.D.)
Date: 10/2/1909
Inscription/Marks: [front-print] High Bridge, Minot, N.D., G.N. Ry. 110 Feet high, 1/2 Mile long. [back-written] Dear Mrs. Kay- I received the birthday card you sent me thanks I have had a vacation for two weeks now but will go to work again Monday morning at Tioga, N.D. so I will have the same address as I have had all summer. I have been visiting with my sister and have enjoyed my vacation very much. I am sorry to know you have been ill this summer. I hope you are well again now. Best wishes from your friend Hattie Rongens. Mrs. Andrew J. Kay, Dixon, Ill., 901 Hennepin Ave.
Summary: A view of a railroad trestle spanning a canyon. This is the Gassman Coulee trestle, located approximately three miles west of Minot. In 1898 strong winds caused the collapse of two-thirds of the bridge. The trestle was repaired in 90 days.
Red ID: PH_I_90540 Image ID: 49941 Image Notes: B0756-00050-back

Collection: B Digitized Images from Collection
Title: B Collection
Date: XX/XXXX

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Collection Summary
Collection: B - B Collection
Folder: 0000.000
Item: 0756-00050
Title: Great Northern Railway High Bridge in Minot (N.D.)
Date: 10/2/1909
Inscription/Marks: [front-print] High Bridge, Minot, N.D., G.N. Ry. 110 Feet high, 1/2 Mile long. [back-written] Dear Mrs. Kay- I received the birthday card you sent me thanks I have had a vacation for two weeks now but will go to work again Monday morning at Tioga, N.D. so I will have the same address as I have had all summer. I have been visiting with my sister and have enjoyed my vacation very much. I am sorry to know you have been ill this summer. I hope you are well again now. Best wishes from your friend Hattie Rongens. Mrs. Andrew J. Kay, Dixon, Ill., 901 Hennepin Ave.
Summary: A view of a railroad trestle spanning a canyon. This is the Gassman Coulee trestle, located approximately three miles west of Minot. In 1898 strong winds caused the collapse of two-thirds of the bridge. The trestle was repaired in 90 days.
Red ID: PH_I_90540 Image ID: 49940 Image Notes: B0756-00050

Collection: B Digitized Images from Collection
Title: B Collection
Date: XX/XXXX

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