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Collection Summary
Collection: B - B Collection
Folder: 0000.000
Item: 0462-00001
Title: Griggs House, Grand Forks (D.T.)
Date: 1882
Creator: Blackburn, George F.,--1851-1924
Inscription/Marks: [back-written] Griggs House 1882 on DeMers Ave C. B. Ingalls, Proprietor & Mrs. Ingalls on Middle porch Children on porch. Mable & Arthur Ingalls, Mabel Platt & playmate. Chas. H. Shaw & Mrs. Shaw on East Porch. Mike Moran standing forward of Corner Entrance with straw hat. Arthur W. Dunn at extreme right by lamp post, with low derby hat. Frank W. Woolley on hotel bus. [stamped] Geo. F. Blackburn, Photographer, Grand Forks, D.T.
Summary: A large brick hotel building. There are four visible second story balconies. People stand on two of the balconies and on the sidewalk in front of the building. A horse and coach is parked on the street. A streetlight is on the corner. The Griggs House was the first modern hotel in Grand Forks. It was built in 1882 on Demers Avenue next to the Great Northern Railroad Depot. The hotel eventually changed its name to The Imperial and was torn down after World War II.
Red ID: PH_I_90936 Image ID: 49401 Image Notes: B0462-00001

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: 0462-00001
Title: Griggs House, Grand Forks (D.T.)
Date: 1882
Creator: Blackburn, George F.,--1851-1924
Inscription/Marks: [back-written] Griggs House 1882 on DeMers Ave C. B. Ingalls, Proprietor & Mrs. Ingalls on Middle porch Children on porch. Mable & Arthur Ingalls, Mabel Platt & playmate. Chas. H. Shaw & Mrs. Shaw on East Porch. Mike Moran standing forward of Corner Entrance with straw hat. Arthur W. Dunn at extreme right by lamp post, with low derby hat. Frank W. Woolley on hotel bus. [stamped] Geo. F. Blackburn, Photographer, Grand Forks, D.T.
Summary: A large brick hotel building. There are four visible second story balconies. People stand on two of the balconies and on the sidewalk in front of the building. A horse and coach is parked on the street. A streetlight is on the corner. The Griggs House was the first modern hotel in Grand Forks. It was built in 1882 on Demers Avenue next to the Great Northern Railroad Depot. The hotel eventually changed its name to The Imperial and was torn down after World War II.
Red ID: PH_I_90936 Image ID: 49402 Image Notes: B0462-00001-back

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

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