Chesley Lumber Company, Fargo, N.D.


Title: Chesley Lumber and Coal Co., Fargo, N.D. [graphic].
Imprint: [1935?]
Medium: 1 copy photographic print : gelatin silver ; 21 x 26 cm.
Part of: David Anderson Photograph Collection (Institute for Regional Studies, NDSU, Fargo)
Description:

Elevated view of front of business with line of 9 automobiles and trucks of the business in front, with men standing by vehicles and front door of business. Building built as a two-story wood-frame house with long addition to the east. Behind business is the top of the Great Northern Railroad depot. Mural of horse-drawn covered wagon on road painted on front of building addition with text '56 years old, Chesley Lumber and Coal Co.'

Biographical Note:

Chesley Lumber an Coal Co. founded in 1879 in Fargo, N.D. by James A. Chesley.

Note: Title supplied by cataloger.
Time Period: 1930-1939.
Location: Fargo (N.D.)
Location: Great Northern Depot (Fargo, N.D.)
Subjects: Lumber industry -- North Dakota -- Fargo
  Coal -- North Dakota -- Fargo
  Business enterprises -- North Dakota -- Fargo
  Trucks -- North Dakota -- Fargo
  Automobiles -- North Dakota -- Fargo
  Chesley, James A., 1851-1926 -- Employment
  Chesley Lumber & Coal Co. (Fargo, N.D.)
Record Number: VM93-002445
Call Number: 2023.5.1
Negative Number: Anderson P-211 (8x10 in. plastic)
Videodisc Number: RS-1-14566
   
Credit Line: Institute for Regional Studies, NDSU, Fargo (2023.5.1)

 
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