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Identification #
OGL291-303
Description
Black-and-white photograph capturing a section of the downtown business corridor divided by a railroad crossing with lights and signs in the foreground. The right side of the street features Redwing's Uptown Recreational Center (displaying a prominent vertical neon sign reading "BOWLING / BAR & CAFE" and a horizontal "UPTOWN BAR" sign) with the Uptown Apartments located on the upper levels. Other visible businesses further down the right block include McGuire's Bar, Jet Printing Inc., Grand Cafe & Recreation, and the Frontier Bar. The left side of the street is anchored by the historic multi-story Gotzian Block, displaying a large painted brick advertisement for "Velvet Ice Cream," housing the Grand Forks Linoleum & Carpet Co. at street level and the Gotzian Block Apartments above. Further down the left block are the D A V-V F W Club (Disabled American Veterans-Veterans of Foreign Wars) and the Downtowner Motel.
Taking up most of the image is the three lanes that make up the one-way direction of traffic flow. The sides of the street are full with parallel parked vehicles that were common during the 1970s.
Places Depicted
Grand Forks, North Dakota
Organizations Depicted
Redwing's Uptown Recreational Center, McGuire's Bar, Jet Printing Inc., Grand Cafe & Recreation, Frontier Bar, Grand Forks Linoleum & Carpet Co., D A V-V F W Club (Disabled American Veterans-Veterans of Foreign Wars), Downtowner Motel. Uptown Apartments, Gotzian Block Apartments
Rights
Elwyn B. Robinson Department of Special Collections, Chester Fritz Library, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks