Manuscripts
Rollin W. Maxam album of photo postcards from North Dakota
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Elmer D. Wallace Consitutional Convention of North Dakota drafts of speeches and letters
Manuscripts
This group of manuscripts, allegedly written by Elmer D. Wallace, are miscellaneous drafts from the Consitutional Convention of North Dakota held in 1889. All four parts are incomplete.
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Photograph album of Veracruz, Mexico
Visual Materials
An album of 39 photographic postcards of scenes of rural and city life in the state of Veracruz, Mexico, taken by unidentified photographers in the 1930s. The commercially-made images have captions in Spanish etched into the negative, and many have an MF mark for The Mexico Photographic Company. The images include street scenes, outdoor markets, city buildings and bridges, as well as automobile, bus, and train travel. Detailed scenes of rural life include women selling pots or washing clothes at the river, family groups posing in front of their homes, and men in labor activities such as loading lumber onto mules.
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Railroad Commissioners map of North Dakota
Rare Books
Stamp: Compliments of the Commissioners of Railroads. Prime meridian: GM, Washington. Relief: hachures. Graphic Scale: Miles. Projection: Cylindrical. Printing Process: Lithography. Verso Text: Town index. MS note: Map of North Dakota Belle Hopland(?).
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Colorado; Dakota Territory; Hawaii; Idaho
Visual Materials
Dakota Territory photographs include some imprinted with South Dakota or North Dakota, which were taken after 1889, the year of statehood. Portraits include: a soldier (Fort Collins, Colorado); a man on a bicycle (Colorado); painters and carpenters with tools (Dakota); an East Indian man with rugs (Dakota); three portraits of native Hawaiian women wearing Western-style dresses (Honolulu, Hawaii); an outdoor group portrait of students and two wooden school buildings (Silver City, Idaho, 1884).
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W. C. White photograph album of road trip through Mexico City
Visual Materials
Photographs of an early automobile tour of Mexico City and vicinity, taken in April, 1906, approximately four years before the upheaval of the Mexican Revolution. The traveler, most likely an American, photographed his automobile in many locations, often where burros or horse wagons are mostly seen on the road. A woman is seen in the passenger seat sometimes, and possibly another car is part of the touring group. Images include stops at historic buildings, landmarks, street scenes, and the "Noche Triste Tree" in Mexico City; old Spanish architecture in Lerma; and travel through the countryside to Toluca. Local residents appear throughout, including men gathering water at a cistern, a woman washing clothes outside her house, and people at a Mexican National Railway train station. There are three images identified as "General Gonzales, Governor of the State of Mexico," riding in a car with other officials. Handwriting inside the album's cover identifies it as "W. C. White's pictures - Mexican trip, April 1906," and there are detailed captions throughout.
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Map of North Dakota and part of Minnesota from Duluth, Minneapolis and St. Paul to the Montana boundary
Visual Materials
Old shelf number ephJ5-24(3?). An inducement for immigration to the new state of North Dakota. "This folder is also printed in German, Swedish and Norwegian languages." Prime meridian: GM. Relief: no. Projection: Cylindrical. Printing Process: Lithography. Verso Text: Text of letters and sales information.
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