Myrtle Porterville photograph collection [graphic]. 1880s-1950s

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Porterville, Myrtle Bemis, 1880-1961. Myrtle Porterville photograph collection [graphic].

Myrtle Porterville photograph collection [graphic]. 1880s-1950s

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Extensive collection of photographs and negatives Myrtle Porterville collected or copied from the original prints, as well as snapshots she herself took (primarily from the 1950s). The images cover a wide array of subjects, towns and the people of the county. She collected the images from the 1920s into the 1950s. The collection has been organized into four series: Topical, People and portraits, Rose family and Sanderson family. Topics include farming images; farmsteads and houses; town scenes including of businesses, schools and students; many images of the county seat, Cooperstown; and the Cooper Brothers farm and family. The People and portraits series contains over 3,600 images of individuals and families who resided in Griggs County and images of family and friends living elsewhere in the country. Most of these images date from the 1880s to the 1920s. Two family photograph collections are separate series documenting the families of Dr. Fred Rose, long-time Cooperstown, N.D. dentist; and Norwegian immigrant Sander Sanderson. The Sanderson collection prints were taken primarily in the Chicago, Illinois and Viroqua, Wisconsin areas.

1,857 film negatives.

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