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Identification #
OGL291-34
Description
Photo of a Palace Livery Stable in Grand Forks, shared by Merchants Transfer Co. and with W. H. Murray, Prop. on the building, which burned down around 1920. Many horses and buggies stand in front of the building. "Almost every town had a livery stable in North Dakota. Livery stables rented horses and buggies or wagons. Renting a buggy and going for a Sunday drive was a popular dating activity of young people, especially in the cities. On Sunday afternoons in Grand Forks, a hundred horses and buggies were sometimes rented out. Passengers who got off trains often rented rigs to complete their trips.
"People who rode horseback or drove a horse and buggy into town could leave their horses at the livery stable to be taken care of until they were ready to leave. They could also leave them there for extended periods of time if they were taking the train somewhere." See North Dakota Pioneers https://www.ndstudies.gov/gr4/early-settlement-north-dakota/part-3-north-dakota-pioneers/section-3-towns
Places Depicted
Palace Livery Stable; North Dakota--Grand Forks
Rights
Elwyn B. Robinson Department of Special Collections, Chester Fritz Library, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks