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Title: Creston Museum (Creston, B.C.)
                
Dates: ca. 1880s-1920s
Collection Number: 2015-P-034
Quantity: 46 items
Abstract: Black and white photographs and post cards that include images of people, city and town life, businesses, schools, children and agricultural scenes, in North Dakota and/or the Upper Great Plains. Identified images include a man, probably Peter Vandemark, in his bachelor shack, Ambrose (N.D.); men working at the Gille-Miller lignite coal mine, Flaxton (N.D.); and a group outside McMonagle and Son Hardware and Furniture, probably in Kenmare (N.D.). The majority of the prints was made from glass plate negatives, and appear to have been removed from a photograph album. The same farmstead appears in several of the photographs. The creator and collector of the images is unknown, but may have lived in Ward County (N.D.).
Provenance: The collection was donated to the State Historical Society of North Dakota by the Creston Museum (Creston, British Columbia, Canada) on June 19, 2015. A donor brought the images into the Museum without knowing the exact provenance of the photographs.
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.
                  
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PHOTOGRAPHS INVENTORY
2015-P-034-00001  Probably Peter Vandemark in his bachelor shack, Ambrose (N.D.), January 1911 
    2015-P-034-00002  Mattson family in automobile, Long Lake, Eveleth (Minn.), 1917 (could be Frank  and Sophia)  
    2015-P-034-00003  Men working at the Gille-Miller lignite coal mine, Flaxton (N.D.), ca. 1910
    2015-P-034-00004  Group outside McMonagle and Son Hardware and Furniture, probably in Kenmare  (N.D.), ca. 1920s
    2015-P-034-00005  Parade in unidentified town, possibly in North Dakota, Lyons Meat Market, the  land office, and Hotel Richardson are visible, ca. 1910
    2015-P-034-00006  Parade in unidentified town, possibly in North Dakota, Lyons Meat Market,  Margolis Photo Studio, the land office, and Hotel Richardson are visible, ca.  1910
    2015-P-034-00007  Interior of the Wideawake Variety Store, White Rock (S.D.), ca. 1915
    2015-P-034-00008  Group in business district with steam powered thresher, post card is titled  "International Threshing Co.," possibly in North Dakota, ca. 1910 
    2015-P-034-00009  Large group on threshing day with equipment, image is titled "Erickson and  Walleen," possibly in North Dakota, 1904
    2015-P-034-00010  Unidentified man with amputated leg holding reins of horse, possibly in North  Dakota, ca. 1910s 
    2015-P-034-00011  Probably teachers with students outside country school, possibly in North  Dakota, ca. 1900
    2015-P-034-00012  Children with horse outside office, possibly in North Dakota, ca. 1920s
    2015-P-034-00013  Large group on threshing day with equipment and cook car, possibly in North  Dakota, ca. 1910
    2015-P-034-00014  Group on farmstead, possibly in North Dakota, ca. 1910
    2015-P-034-00015  Group threshing, possibly in North Dakota, ca. 1910
    2015-P-034-00016  Unidentified man with horse, ca. 1910
    2015-P-034-00017  Large group dining outdoors near an orchard, possibly in North Dakota, ca. 1900
    2015-P-034-00018  Family group on farmstead, possibly in North Dakota, ca. 1890s
    2015-P-034-00019  Probably teachers with students outside country school, possibly in North  Dakota, ca. 1900
    2015-P-034-00020  Family group on farmstead, possibly in North Dakota, ca. 1900
    2015-P-034-00021  Horse drawn carriage crossing long bridge spanning a body of water, possibly in  North Dakota, ca. 1900 
    2015-P-034-00022  Man with horse-drawn wheat binder, ca. 1900
    2015-P-034-00023  Group, possibly teachers with students, surrounding a swing, possibly in North  Dakota, ca. 1900
    2015-P-034-00024  Men and woman on and around a steam powered tractor, possibly in North Dakota,  ca. 1900
    2015-P-034-00025  Horse in business district of unidentified town, possibly in North Dakota, ca.  1910
    2015-P-034-00026  Family group on farmstead, possibly in North Dakota, ca. 1900
    2015-P-034-00027  Man and boys in horse-drawn wagon on farmstead, possibly in North Dakota, ca.  1900
    2015-P-034-00028  Large threshing group with equipment, possibly in North Dakota, ca. 1910
    2015-P-034-00029  Family group on farmstead, possibly in North Dakota, ca. 1900
    2015-P-034-00030  Men stacking hay, ca. 1910
    2015-P-034-00031  Group of men outside a building, possibly in North Dakota, ca. 1900
    2015-P-034-00032  Family group on farmstead, possibly in North Dakota, ca. 1900
    2015-P-034-00033  Family group on farmstead, possibly in North Dakota, ca. 1900
    2015-P-034-00034  July 4th parade in unidentified town, possibly in North Dakota, man dressed as  Uncle Sam, ca. 1910
    2015-P-034-00035  Probably teacher with students outside country school, possibly in North  Dakota, ca. 1900
    2015-P-034-00036  Group of men and boys outside a building, possibly in North Dakota, ca. 1900
    2015-P-034-00037  Family group on farmstead, possibly in North Dakota, ca. 1900
    2015-P-034-00038  Family group on farmstead, possibly in North Dakota, ca. 1900
    2015-P-034-00039  Man with horse-drawn wheat binder, ca. 1900
    2015-P-034-00040  Men outside grain elevator in winter, ca. 1900
    2015-P-034-00041  Family group on farmstead, possibly in North Dakota, ca. 1900
    2015-P-034-00042  Boys with calves on farmstead, possibly in North Dakota, ca. 1900
    2015-P-034-00043  Man and boy on farmstead, possibly in North Dakota, ca. 1900
    2015-P-034-00044  Men with horses on farmstead, possibly in North Dakota, ca. 1900
    2015-P-034-00045  Salesman with merchandise inside watch shop, possibly in North Dakota, ca. 1910
    2015-P-034-00046  Young man on horseback outside office, harness shop visible in background,  possibly in North Dakota, ca. 1910
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