Convention, Fargo, North Dakota, 1933 – Antique Photo Print
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Few images capture their era like this historic image of Convention, Fargo, North Dakota, 1933. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
Library of Congress record: Luther League and Choral Union Convention, Fargo, N.D., June 30 - July 4, 1933
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Convention, Fargo, North Dakota, 1933
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Fargo, North Dakota, was a Red River city of roughly 30,000 people in 1933, and its economy rested on wheat and the railroads that carried it. The Northern Pacific's yards and shops made the city an important rail center, and grain elevators and milling tied it to farms across the Red River Valley. The Depression had hit the region hard, with falling wheat prices, bank failures, and the drought that dried out much of the state in the early 1930s. A large convention gathering in such a year would have drawn local businessmen, farm organizers, and civic leaders who were looking for ways to steady a shaken economy. Fargo residents of the time knew their city as a trade and transportation hub on the edge of the prairie, a place that depended on the harvest and the trains.
| Created / published | 1933 |
|---|---|
| Creator | oxley, w. t. (walter t.) |
| Notes | Panoramic photograph. |
| Subjects | Panoramic photographs--North Dakota |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Photographs |
| Original scan | 5,400 × 872 px · prints to 18 × 3 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | Luther League and Choral Union Convention, Fargo, N.D., June 30 - July 4, 1933 |
| Reference | ND 1933 Convention, Fargo |
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