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Collection Summary
Collection: B - B Collection
Folder: 0000.000
Item: 0649-00001
Title: Rusk Auto House
Date: Circa 1955
Inscription/Marks: [back-written] Frank Vzraleh ND Historical Soc. May 15-73. The Rusk Auto House, MFG by The Fargo Cornice & Ornament Co. Fargo N.D. Allen Engle-5-grandson
Summary: A child sits on a tricycle in front of a Rusk auto house. Rusk Auto Houses were prefabricated steel garages manufactured by the Fargo Cornice and Ornament Company. In design they are similar to a structure patented by North Dakotan Jacob J. Richter of Wahpeton in 1911. More than 50 garages were produced before 1915 when the war in Europe created a shortage of sheet metal. Living up to advertising claims that the structure was
Red ID: PH_I_90861 Image ID: 49507 Image Notes: B0649-00001

Collection: B Digitized Images from Collection
Title: B Collection
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