ELWYN B. ROBINSON DEPARTMENT OF SPECIAL COLLECTIONS
CHESTER FRITZ LIBRARY
UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA
GRAND FORKS, NORTH DAKOTA 58202
COLLECTION: OGL#901
DATES: 1948
SIZE: 58 Photographs
ACQUISITION: The John Vachon Photographic Collection was deposited in the Orin G. Libby Manuscript Collection in September 1983 (Acc.#83-1202). The photographs were re-printed from the Standard Oil Collection, Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University of Louisville, Kentucky.
ACCESS: Available for inspection under the rules and regulations of the Department of Special Collections.
The John Vachon Photographic Collection consists of 58 photographs taken by Vachon of scenes in eastern North Dakota. The photographs were taken in January 1948, as part of a project undertaken by the Standard Oil Company to document the benefits of oil on everyday life in the United States. The original photographs and negatives are housed in the Standard Oil Collection, Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University of Louisville, Kentucky.
For further details: http://special.library.louisville.edu/display-collection.asp?ID=223
The John Vachon Photographic Collection is housed in the Orin G. Libby Photograph File Cabinets.
| Photograph | Description |
| OGL#901-1 | Main street of Arvilla, North Dakota, in the Red River Valley, January 1948. (Louisville Photograph Number: 54815) |
| OGL#901-2 | Railroad station at Arvilla, North Dakota, in the Red River Valley, January 1948. (Louisville Photograph Number: 54821) |
| OGL#901-3 | Wheat Farm, Bismarck, North Dakota, January 1948. (Louisville Photograph Number: 54585) |
| OGL#901-4 | State Capitol, Bismarck, North Dakota, January 1948. (Louisville Photograph Number: 54586) |
| OGL#901-5 | Equipment on farm, Bismarck, North Dakota, January 1948. (Louisville Photograph Number: 54587) |
| OGL#901-6 | Consolidated school, Brocket, North Dakota, January 1948. (Louisville Photograph Number: 54835) |
| OGL#901-7 | Farm truck on county road near Carrington, North Dakota, January 1948. (Louisville Photograph Number: 54787) |
| OGL#901-8 | Barn on wheat farm, Carrington, North Dakota, January 1948. (Louisville Photograph Number: 54788) |
| OGL#901-9 | Rural school, Carrington, North Dakota, January 1948. (Louisville Photograph Number: 54848) |
| OGL#901-10 | Farm truck on county road, Carrington, North Dakota, January 1948. (Louisville Photograph Number: 54850) |
| OGL#901-11 | Snow blowing on U.S. 281, south of Devils Lake, North Dakota, January 1948. (Louisville Photograph Number: 54767) |
| OGL#901-12 | Snow blowing on U.S. 281, south of Devils Lake, North Dakota, January 1948. (Louisville Photograph Number: 54791) |
| OGL#901-13 | Farm and power line near, Devils Lake, North Dakota, January 1948. (Louisville Photograph Number: 54797) |
| OGL#901-14 | Railroad station, Devils Lake, North Dakota, January 1948. (Louisville Photograph Number: 54800) |
| OGL#901-15 | Mail boxes in oil drum on farm near, Devils Lake, North Dakota, January 1948. (Louisville Photograph Number: 54801) |
| OGL#901-16 | Roadside billboards on state route 20 near, Devils Lake, North Dakota, January 1948. (Louisville Photograph Number: 54802) |
| OGL#901-17 | Quonset hut frames in storage at Driscoll, North Dakota, Quonset huts are used for barns in this section, January 1948. (Louisville Photograph Number: 54597) |
| OGL#901-18 | Horses feeding near Edmore, North Dakota, January 1948. (Louisville Photograph Number: 54771) |
| OGL#901-19 | Gravediggers, Edmore, North Dakota, January 1948. (Louisville Photograph Number: 54785) |
| OGL#901-20 | Main Street of Edmore, North Dakota, January 1949. (Louisville Photograph Number: 54836) |
| OGL#901-21 | Lineman repairing telephone lines near Fargo, North Dakota, the temperature was 18 degrees below zero, January 1948. (Louisville Photograph Number: 54820) |
| OGL#901-22 | Snow blowing on U.S. 2 near Grand Forks, North Dakota, January 1948. (Louisville Photograph Number: 54810 |
| OGL#901-23 | Wheat farm with shelter belt, Foster County, North Dakota, January 1948. (Louisville Photograph Number: 54792) |
| OGL#901-24 | Houses in residential section of Grand Forks, North Dakota, January 1948. (Louisville Photograph Number: 54779) |
| OGL#901-25 | Snow blowing on U.S. 2 near Grand Forks, North Dakota, January 1948. (Louisville Photograph Number: 54810) |
| OGL#901-26 | Oil tank farm near Grand Forks, North Dakota, January 1948. (Louisville Photograph Number: 54811) |
| OGL#901-27 | Roadside billboard near Grand Forks, center of Red River Valley Wheat country, January 1948. (Louisville Photograph Number: 54812) |
| OGL#901-28 | Burma shave sign on U.S. 2 near Grand Forks, North Dakota, January 1948. (Louisville Photograph Number: 54816) |
| OGL#901-29 | Grain elevators at Hatton, North Dakota, in the Red River Valley, January 1948. (Louisville Photograph Number: 54814) |
| OGL#901-30 | Trees providing shelter belt on wheat farm in the Red River Valley, near Hatton, North Dakota, January 1948. (Louisville Photograph Number:54823) |
| OGL#901-31 | Grain elevators at Hatton, North Dakota in the Red River Valley, January 1948. (Louisville Photograph Number: 54828) |
| OGL#901-32 | False front movie theatre in Hatton, North Dakota, in the Red River Valley, January 1948. (Louisville Photograph Number: 54601) |
| OGL#901-33 | Service station at night, Jamestown, North Dakota, January 1948. (Louisville Photograph Number: 54849) |
| OGL#901-34 | Farm near Lakota, North Dakota, January 1948. (Louisville Photograph Number: 54780) |
| OGL#901-35 | Pole for power lines near Lakota, North Dakota, January 1948. (Louisville Photograph Number: 54781) |
| OGL#901-36 | Drifts and snow fence near Larimore, North Dakota, January 1948. (Louisville Photograph Number: 54822) |
| OGL#901-37 | Boys with sleds along U.S. 10 at McKenzie, North Dakota, near Bismarck, January 1948. (Louisville Photograph Number: 54601) |
| OGL#901-38 | Horses running on wheat farm near New Rockford, North Dakota, January 1948. (Louisville Photograph Number: 54790) |
| OGL#901-39 | Road sign on U.S. 281 near Pingree, North Dakota, January 1948. (Louisville Photograph Number: 54796) |
| OGL#901-40 | Delivering mail on state route #1, Ransom County, southeastern North Dakota, January 1948. (Louisville Photograph Number: 54605) |
| OGL#901-41 | Farmstead of wheat farmer in Ransom County, southeastern North Dakota, January 1948. (Louisville Photograph Number: 54606) |
| OGL#901-42 | Church and house in Selfridge, North Dakota, January 1948. (Louisville Photograph Number: 54588 |
| OGL#901-43 | Main street of Selfridge, North Dakota, Selfridge is a shopping center for wheat farmers of the surrounding area, January 1948. (Louisville Photograph Number: 54589) |
| OGL#901-44 | Gasoline pump at airfield, Selfridge, North Dakota, January 1948. (Louisville Photograph Number: 45594) |
| OGL#901-45 | Railroad station in Starkweather, North Dakota, January 1948. (Louisville Photograph Number: 54774) |
| OGL#901-46 | Town of Starkweather, North Dakota, January 1948. (Louisville Photograph Number: 54804) |
| OGL#901-47 | Main street of Starkweather, North Dakota, January 1948. (Louisville Photograph Number: 54839) |
| OGL#901-48 | Sledge of main street of Starkweather, North Dakota, January 1948. (Louisville Photograph Number: 54841) |
| OGL#901-49 | Farmer stopping for the mail while bringing load of feed back to the barn, near Starkweather, North Dakota, January 1948. (Louisville Photograph Number: 54842 |
| OGL#901-50 | City Hall, Starkweather, North Dakota, January 1948. (Louisville Photograph Number: 54843 |
| OGL#901-51 | Lunch hour at a consolidated school, Sterling, North Dakota, January 1948. (Louisville Photograph Number: 54603) |
| OGL#901-52 | Sterling, North Dakota, a wheat growers center on U.S. 10, January 1948. (Louisville Photograph Number: 54604) |
| OGL#901-53 | State route 18, Traill County, in east-central North Dakota, January 1948. (Louisville Photograph Number: 54824) |
| OGL#901-54 | Night view of home in Valley City, North Dakota, January 1948. (Louisville Photograph Number: 54595) |
| OGL#901-55 | Night view of Salvation Army Building, Valley City (?), North Dakota, January 1948. (Louisville Photograph Number: 54596) |
| OGL#901-56 | County Church near Valley City, North Dakota, January 1948. (Louisville Photograph Number: 54607) |
| OGL#901-57 | Lutheran Church in Verona, North Dakota, January 1948. (Louisville Photograph Number: 54614) |
| OGL#901-58 | Consolidated school in Webster, North Dakota, January 1948. (Louisville Photograph Number: 54799) |
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