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.
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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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