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Collection: B - B Collection
Folder: 0000.000
Item: 0108-00001
Title: Elevated view of Camp Hancock Bismarck (N.D.)
Date: Circa 1905
Creator: DeGraff, William H.
Inscription/Marks: [front] Bismarck N. D. [back] Old Ft. Hancock Bismarck, Now used as U. S. Weather Bureau. W. H. DeGraff, Bismarck N. D. [print envelope] Hancock, Camp - Bismarck, North Dakota.
Summary: Overview of Camp Hancock when it was being used as the United States Weather Bureau in Bismarck (N.D.). Three buildings are visible, a residence one gazebo and weather station. Area is subdivided by wood fences on the interior and surrounded by rock fence on outside perimeter. The building that is now used as a museum is photo right next to the wall on Main Avenue with flag on rooftop. A monitoring tower stands on the far side of the gazebo with residence building in the back photo left. Beyond the fences the Missour River can be seen. [Camp Hancock was originally known as Camp Greeley, founded in 1872. The name changed the following year. The site initially was the supply depot for Fort Abraham Lincoln. The post, as seen here, became an office of the Weather Bureau after it was no longer needed to supply Fort Abraham Lincoln. Today the site is located in Bismarck on West Main Street.]
Red ID: PH_I_91162 Image ID: 49094 Image Notes: B0108-00001-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: 0108-00001
Title: Elevated view of Camp Hancock Bismarck (N.D.)
Date: Circa 1905
Creator: DeGraff, William H.
Inscription/Marks: [front] Bismarck N. D. [back] Old Ft. Hancock Bismarck, Now used as U. S. Weather Bureau. W. H. DeGraff, Bismarck N. D. [print envelope] Hancock, Camp - Bismarck, North Dakota.
Summary: Overview of Camp Hancock when it was being used as the United States Weather Bureau in Bismarck (N.D.). Three buildings are visible, a residence one gazebo and weather station. Area is subdivided by wood fences on the interior and surrounded by rock fence on outside perimeter. The building that is now used as a museum is photo right next to the wall on Main Avenue with flag on rooftop. A monitoring tower stands on the far side of the gazebo with residence building in the back photo left. Beyond the fences the Missour River can be seen. [Camp Hancock was originally known as Camp Greeley, founded in 1872. The name changed the following year. The site initially was the supply depot for Fort Abraham Lincoln. The post, as seen here, became an office of the Weather Bureau after it was no longer needed to supply Fort Abraham Lincoln. Today the site is located in Bismarck on West Main Street.]
Red ID: PH_I_91162 Image ID: 49093 Image Notes: B0108-00001

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

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