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Title: Cook and Houmann Families
Dates: ca. 1920s-1950s
Collection Number: 2011-P-042
Quantity: 13 items (3 boxes)
Abstract: Black and white photographs of Main Street, Westhope (N.D.), portraits of the Class 465 2nd Platoon, portraits of the North Dakota Veterans of Foreign Wars, images of the first rail car to leave Westhope (N.D.) filled with oil, and accompanying ceremonies. Clarence P. Cook owned the trucking company that transported the oil from the wells to the railway.
Provenance: The collection was donated to the State Historical Society of North Dakota by Lon Cook on October 21, 2011. Additional photographs were added to the collection in February 2012 and November 2015.
Property Rights: The State Historical Society of North Dakota owns the property rights to this collection.
Copyrights: Copyrights to materials in this collection remain with the donor, publisher, author, or author's heirs. Researchers should consult the 1976 Copyright Act, Public Law 94-553, Title 17, U.S. Code and an archivist at this repository if clarification of copyright requirements is needed.
Access: This collection is open under the rules and regulations of the State Historical Society of North Dakota.
Citation: Researchers are requested to cite the collection title, collection number, and the State Historical Society of North Dakota in all footnote and bibliographic references.
Transfer: One publication was transferred to the State Archives Publications in February 2012. Several items were offered to the Museum Division of the State Historical Society of North Dakota in November 2015.
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21298 Clarence P. Cook
PHOTOGRAPHS INVENTORY
2011-P-042-00001 Clarence P. Cook on first rail car leaving Westhope (N.D.) with oil, 1950s
2011-P-042-00002 Band playing at celebration of first rail car leaving Westhope (N.D.) with oil, 1950s
2011-P-042-00003 Attorney Maxwell speaking at celebration of first rail car leaving Westhope (N.D.) with oil, 1950s
2011-P-042-00004 Albert Nielsen dipping out oil from first rail car leaving Westhope (N.D.) with oil, 1950s
2011-P-042-00005 Postcard view of Main Street, Westhope (N.D.), 1950s
2011-P-042-00006 Portrait of the Westhope (N.D.) Chapter of the North Dakota Veterans of Foreign Wars, including Albert Houmann, 1950s
2011-P-042-00007 Portrait of the Westhope (N.D.) Chapter of the North Dakota Veterans of Foreign Wars, including Albert Houmann, 1950s
2011-P-042-00008 Portrait of the Westhope (N.D.) Chapter of the North Dakota Veterans of Foreign Wars, including Albert Houmann, 1950s
2011-P-042-00009 Class 465 2nd Platoon group portrait, 1940s
2011-P-042-00010 Class 465 2nd Platoon group portrait, 1940s
2011-P-042-00011 Class 465 2nd Platoon group portrait, 1940s
2011-P-042-00012 Axel Houmann plowing, ca. 1920s
2011-P-042-00013 Portrait of the Great Plains Council of the Boy Scouts Wilderness Canoe Trails group, 1955
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