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Creation Date
1897
Identification #
OGL291-148
Description
Photograph taken at the foot of the DeMers Bridge in East Grand Forks, looking east down DeMers Avenue, during the flood of 1897.
Multiple unknown businesses are seen in background with Cresien & Wolff Wines Liquors & Cigars and a restaurant seen on the right side of photo with where people appear to be waiting outside on the ground level. Boats are seen transporting people on DeMers Avenue near the Cresien and Wolff Building. Wood-block streets are left in shambles from receding waters.
Places Depicted
East Grand Forks, Minnesota
Organizations Depicted
Cresien & Wolff Wines Liquors & Cigars
Rights
Elwyn B. Robinson Department of Special Collections, Chester Fritz Library, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks