Farms and Farm Lands of North Dakota, Fine Photograph Album Produced by Wheelock & Wheelock, Inc.

Lot 369

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American History, Featuring the Property of N. Flayderman & Co. by Cowan's Auctions

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Lot Description

Leather-bound album, 10.75 x 13 in., featuring 50 silver gelatin photographs, most 6.75 x 8.5 in., showing the farms, crops, prairie lands, towns, and other scenes across North Dakota, ca 1910. Gilt-imprinted cover reads Farm and Farm Lands of North Dakota/ Wheelock & Wheelock, Inc., and the first 2 photographs show the Wheelock & Wheelock Farm Lands & Loans Home Office in downtown Fargo. Likely a one-of-a-kind counter display or a salesman's album, with titles of individual photographs such as The Virgin Prairie of North Dakota; A Solid Section of Wheat South of Casselton; This Farmer Has "Made Good" in North Dakota; Corn is Becoming a Very Profitable Crop in North Dakota; Beans Do Wonderfully Well in North Dakota; etc. Many photos show Wheelock's farms in Cass County and views of the farms, grain silos, railroads, and towns of Casselton, Harwood, Buffalo, Amenia, Jamestown, Mapletown, with the final photograph showing a group of two dozen men posed on and around a Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul train, titled A Party of Satisfied Land Buyers. Also of note is a photograph of Automobiles Awaiting Arrival of Japanese Commissioners at Fargo.

Condition

Most album pages and photographs are in very good condition, though a handful exhibit some yellowing. Binding still tight, and covers only with minor wear.
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