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Collection Summary
Collection: B - B Collection
Folder: 0000.000
Item: 0724-00072
Title: Scene on Red River of the North from Point Bridge, Grand Forks (N.D.)
Date: 6/1911
Inscription/Marks: [front-print] Scene on Red River of the North from Point Bridge, Grand Forks, N.D. [back-written] Dear Cec: You are to not [illegible] I looked for a letter back Sat, & Mon but none came. Aren't you coming for the big party. Hope you can stay over for the 4th of July for we are all going to Maple Lake & want you along. Try & stay or else plan to come back for the 4th. Write me. [illegible] [addressed to] Miss C. Vobayda, Lawton, N.D.
Summary: The river has a slight bend in the foreground. In the distance a bridge is visible. On the left shore there is a grain elevator and a smokestack. Trees are on both shores. The DeMers bridge, in the distance, and Point bridge, which this view is taken from, were built at the same time, both completed in 1889. Both bridges also featured a turntable design, allowing the bridge to spin in order to let steamboats pass through.
Red ID: PH_I_90698 Image ID: 49729 Image Notes: B0724-00072-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: 0724-00072
Title: Scene on Red River of the North from Point Bridge, Grand Forks (N.D.)
Date: 6/1911
Inscription/Marks: [front-print] Scene on Red River of the North from Point Bridge, Grand Forks, N.D. [back-written] Dear Cec: You are to not [illegible] I looked for a letter back Sat, & Mon but none came. Aren't you coming for the big party. Hope you can stay over for the 4th of July for we are all going to Maple Lake & want you along. Try & stay or else plan to come back for the 4th. Write me. [illegible] [addressed to] Miss C. Vobayda, Lawton, N.D.
Summary: The river has a slight bend in the foreground. In the distance a bridge is visible. On the left shore there is a grain elevator and a smokestack. Trees are on both shores. The DeMers bridge, in the distance, and Point bridge, which this view is taken from, were built at the same time, both completed in 1889. Both bridges also featured a turntable design, allowing the bridge to spin in order to let steamboats pass through.
Red ID: PH_I_90698 Image ID: 41122 Image Notes: B0724-00072

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

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