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00353 Badlands near  Williston
ca. 1925-1934
Images of the Badlands in North Dakota and Montana. The  images are likely those of Jacob L. Skrivseth who established a photo studio in  Williston in 1925 and died in 1934. (29 items)
00355 Bagg Bonanza Farm,  Richland County, N.D.
  1918-1954
  Images of Bagg Bonanza Farm, Richland County, N.D. (15  items)
00368 Daughters of the American Revolution, State Conference of North Dakota
  1911-1969
  Individual  and group portraits of members of North Dakota Chapters of  Daughters of the American Revolution. Includes  postcards of French monuments and WWI ruins, along with photos of destitute families (many of Native American descent)  in the 1940’s and military men and buildings. Also included are photos of early  Bismarck (DT and ND) and Dryden (NY). (110 items)
00370 Edward Kurle
    1918-1937
      Portraits of Christian Kurle and his nephew  Edward Kurle and postcards from Christian to Edward during WWI. (11 items)
00377 Fort Buford
  circa 1870-1927
  Includes early images of Mondak (Mont.), soldiers hauling water to Fort Sully,  Fort Buford, and the Upper Missouri Historical Expedition at Fort Union in 1925. (45 items)
00379 Fargo Tornado
  June 20, 1959
  Black and white images of destroyed homes, businesses,  vehicles, and trees in the Fargo tornado. (55 items)
00382 State Soil Conservation  Committee
  1942-1962
    Images of soil and water conservation projects  primarily taken by W. P.  Sebens.  Many of the  negatives are  found in Series 30878 Soil Conservation Committee  Photographs and Negatives. (18  items)
00385 Board of Administration
1930-1963
Portraits of members of the State Board of  Administration, the State Hospital, and the School for the Deaf. (31 items)
00388 Federation of Women's Clubs Portraits
1892-1980
Portraits of  early individual members of the North Dakota Federation of Women’s Clubs as  well as group portraits taken at state conventions. Some of the Sakakawea Junior Girls’ Clubs  group portraits are included, as well as member  and group photos of other local North Dakota clubs, such as the Shakespearean  Club, Current Events Club, and the Alfredian Club.(126 items)
00390 Victor Mattern
ca. 1887-1985
Images  of Hull Cemetery, St. Mary's Catholic Church, Hull (N.D.), early views of  Strasburg (N.D.), Hague Church, and street views of Linton (N.D.). (11 items)
00394 Pembina, ND 
1882, n.d.
Album of photos of floods, snow, children dressed as  Indians, Charles Cavileer with dogs, Red River carts, hunting party with deer  carcasses, and men marching in Pembina. (137 items)
00395 North Dakota  Penitentiary
ca. 1892-1930
Glass plate negatives and contact prints of the  Penitentiary, a baseball team, and inmate mug shots. (288 items)
See also Series 30366 mug shot books and prints (1.5ft)
00397 US Department of Agriculture. Soil Conservation Service
1939-1972
Includes Soil Conservation Service images from  the late 1930s through the 1970s on North Dakota farms, conservation practices  being taught at ND State Normal School, Mayville, and North Dakota postcards.
00399 State Water Conservation  Commission
1930-1948
Images of gardens irrigated with water from springs and  Missouri River flats, a reclamation land leveler to smooth ground for  irrigation, windmill delivering 8 gallons per minute for 1 ½ acre garden near  Elgin, pump  irrigating 20 acres running  off a car battery, Houser’s Irrigated Farms Sanish N.D. truck with bushels of  produce, flooded farms south of Grafton. (325 items)
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