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<table border=0><tr><td width="300" valign="top">[[Image:Cook-guarded-by-soldiers-rppc.jpg|280px|left|thumb|Here at the Infomercantile, chow is serious business -- and we make some serious chow.<br/><center>[[Past_Front_Page_Photos|View More "Welcome" Photos]]</center>]]
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[[Photos_of_West-Central_Minnesota_Farm_Life%2C_Early_20th_Century|<span style="font-size:12pt; color:#031F6D; font-weight:900;">Minnesota Farm Life</span>]]<br/><span style="font-size:7pt; color:#B08E61; font-weight:400;">1930s - 1950s in photos.</span>
  
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When you get information for free, you can't expect to walk away with much.  However, I've got the most cost-effective zero-value information available on the internet.  My ideas, while malformed and without support, should be at least interesting.  Just don't forget, you get what you pay for.
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[[Images_Of_The_Armour_Plant%2C_West_Fargo|<span style="font-size:12pt; color:#031F6D; font-weight:900;">The Armour Meat Plant</span>]]<br/><span style="font-size:7pt; color:#B08E61; font-weight:400;">Construction of sewage plant.</span>
  
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[[Victorian_Ladies_Gone_Wild_-_Helene%27s_Girlfriends|<span style="font-size:12pt; color:#031F6D; font-weight:900;">Helene and her Friends</span>]]<br/><span style="font-size:7pt; color:#B08E61; font-weight:400;">A small set of late-Victorian girly fun.</span>
  
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[[1960s_4H_Parade%2C_Moorhead%2C_MN|<span style="font-size:12pt; color:#031F6D; font-weight:900;">Clay County 4H Fair - 1961</span>]]<br/><span style="font-size:7pt; color:#B08E61; font-weight:400;">Floats gliding through Moorhead.</span>
  
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*[[Image:John-Till-closeup.jpg|80px|right|thumb|John Till]][[John Till, the Somerset Doctor]] arrived in my life as a crushed-corner postcard bought at a Wisconsin antique shoppe.  Who was this doctor, famous enough to get a postcard?  To have extraordinary P.R. you need to do extraordinary things, and Till promised such magic.
 
  
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* Do you know [[Ole_O._Sageng%2C_Minnesota_State_Senator|Ole Sageng]]?  Schoolteacher, farmer, and representative of his neighbors in the Minnesota state senate; he tried for US Senate twice, but failed. 
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* '''Updated''': A place I didn't know existed, even though I probably passed it a million times when I was a kid: [[New_Palace_Hotel%2C_Fargo%2C_ND|The New Palace Hotel]].  Like oh-so-many 'second floor' flophouse hotels that existed in Fargo through the 1970s and 1980s, it lived hidden-away above retail storefronts.  in 1990, it burned down; arson is the prime suspect.  I found a number of clippings about it in a box of ephemera from The Rage, one of the stores destroyed in the fire.
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[[:Category:Fargophilia|<span style="font-size:16pt; color:#031F6D; font-weight:900;">Fargophilia</span>]]<br/><span style="font-size:8pt; color:#B08E61; font-weight:400;">My Town, My Favorite Subject.</span>
  
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* [[Image:Removal_of_the_Pioneer_Mutual_Life_Sign_-_12.jpg|100px|right]]The big sign on the [[Pioneer_Mutual_Building,_Fargo,_ND|Pioneer Mutual Building]] came down on Thursday and I was there; new pictures on the [[Pioneer_Mutual_Building,_Fargo,_ND|PML building page]].
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[[Ancient_Order_Of_United_Workmen|<span style="font-size:16pt; color:#031F6D; font-weight:900;">The A.O.U.W.</span>]]<br/><span style="font-size:8pt; color:#B08E61; font-weight:400;">A Fraternal Brotherhood, No Longer Around</span>
  
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* On a [[:Category:Walkabout|walkabout]] in Downtown Fargo on a quiet Sunday morning, we found ourselves in the midst of a half dozen interesting little buildings: [[Marjorie_Schlossman_Roberts_Street_Chaplet_Project|the Marjorie Schlossman Roberts Street Chaplet Project]].
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[http://www.infomercantile.com/blog/ <span style="font-size:16pt; color:#031F6D; font-weight:900;">The Blog</span>]<br/><span style="font-size:8pt; color:#B08E61; font-weight:400;">Keep Track Of The Most Interesting Changes</span>
  
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* A new category, given the number of such objects I'm interested in scanning:  '''[[:Category:Maps|Maps]]'''.  Most are extremely large 300-dpi files, so that their information can remain useful.
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[[Special:Categories|<span style="font-size:16pt; color:#031F6D; font-weight:900;">All Categories</span>]]<br/>
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* A variety of local print media: [[The_Forum_of_Fargo-Moorhead|Forum]], [[Howard_Binford%27s_Guide|Howard Binford's Guide]], [[Valley_Midweek_Marketplace|Valley Midweek Marketplace]]('''updated'''), [[The_FM_Extra|The FM Extra]].
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<span style="font-size:10pt; color:#031F6D; font-weight:900;">[</span>[[:Special:Newimages|<span style="font-size:10pt; color:#B08E61; font-weight:600;">Newest Images</span>]]<span style="font-size:10pt; color:#031F6D; font-weight:900;">]</span> <span style="font-size:10pt; color:#031F6D; font-weight:900;">[</span>[[:Special:Newpages|<span style="font-size:10pt; color:#B08E61; font-weight:600;">Newest Articles</span>]]<span style="font-size:10pt; color:#031F6D; font-weight:900;">]</span> <span style="font-size:10pt; color:#031F6D; font-weight:900;">[</span>[[:Special:Recentchanges|<span style="font-size:10pt; color:#B08E61; font-weight:600;">Recent Changes</span>]]<span style="font-size:10pt; color:#031F6D; font-weight:900;">]</span>
  
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* A list of [[:Category:Obscure_Musicians|obscure musicians]], who may have recorded an album or performed, but are otherwise unrepresented on the internet.
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*[[Image:Fairmont_4H_Float.jpg|right|180px]]In 1961, rural children from Western Minnesota converged on [[1960s_4H_Parade%2C_Moorhead%2C_MN|Moorhead, MN, to parade through town]], proclaiming their participation in 4H.  One proud adult took the opportunity -- and a camera loaded with slide film -- to document the fun.
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* [[Image:Concrete_Dome_Home%2C_Fargo_ND_1.JPG|right|180px]]Ever want to live on the moon, but unable to scrap together enough liquid oxygen or moon-monster repellant?  Moon-style living, right here in Fargo:  [[122_22nd_Street_South_%28Cement_Dome_House%29%2C_Fargo_ND|a house made of domes, on 2nd Ave S]].
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* [[Image:Haydn_Brachlow_and_Helene%2C_1916.jpg|right|180px]]Helene and her lady-friends spent 1916 photographing each other, surprisingly candid photos for the late Victorian period.  They appear in my alluringly titled article [[Victorian_Ladies_Gone_Wild_-_Helene%27s_Girlfriends|Victorian Ladies Gone Wild!]]
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* One day, on a [[:Category:Walkabout|walkabout]], we ran across a classy steel shed that looked like it was built out of recycled tin ceiling tiles.  The construction was so fine, including neat finials, that we figured it must've been a kit garage.  A little research, and we discover we met a [[The_Rusk_Auto-House|Rusk Auto-House]], manufactured right here in [[:Category:Fargophilia|Fargo]].  (''article in progress'')
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* Has a well-wishing friend forwarded you a warning about unsolicited parking-lot perfume sales?  Most of them mention Fargo at the very top -- [[Dean_Krogen_and_the_Ether-Perfume_Email|here's why]].
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* A variety of local print media: [[The_Forum_of_Fargo-Moorhead|Forum]], [[Howard_Binford%27s_Guide|Howard Binford's Guide]], [[Valley_Midweek_Marketplace|Valley Midweek Marketplace]], [[The_FM_Extra|The FM Extra]].
  
 
* The [[Special:Categories|Category List]] allows you to view most/all content, and browse topically.
 
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Latest revision as of 02:07, 7 November 2007

Here at the Infomercantile, chow is serious business -- and we make some serious chow.
View More "Welcome" Photos


Photo Galleries

Minnesota Farm Life
1930s - 1950s in photos.

The Armour Meat Plant
Construction of sewage plant.

Helene and her Friends
A small set of late-Victorian girly fun.

Clay County 4H Fair - 1961
Floats gliding through Moorhead.


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Fargophilia
My Town, My Favorite Subject.

The A.O.U.W.
A Fraternal Brotherhood, No Longer Around

The Blog
Keep Track Of The Most Interesting Changes

All Categories
Browse The Un-Sorted Site Categories

Other Starting Points
[Newest Images] [Newest Articles] [Recent Changes]


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  • Fairmont 4H Float.jpg
    In 1961, rural children from Western Minnesota converged on Moorhead, MN, to parade through town, proclaiming their participation in 4H. One proud adult took the opportunity -- and a camera loaded with slide film -- to document the fun.


  • Concrete Dome Home, Fargo ND 1.JPG
    Ever want to live on the moon, but unable to scrap together enough liquid oxygen or moon-monster repellant? Moon-style living, right here in Fargo: a house made of domes, on 2nd Ave S.


  • Haydn Brachlow and Helene, 1916.jpg
    Helene and her lady-friends spent 1916 photographing each other, surprisingly candid photos for the late Victorian period. They appear in my alluringly titled article Victorian Ladies Gone Wild!


  • One day, on a walkabout, we ran across a classy steel shed that looked like it was built out of recycled tin ceiling tiles. The construction was so fine, including neat finials, that we figured it must've been a kit garage. A little research, and we discover we met a Rusk Auto-House, manufactured right here in Fargo. (article in progress)
  • Has a well-wishing friend forwarded you a warning about unsolicited parking-lot perfume sales? Most of them mention Fargo at the very top -- here's why.
  • The Category List allows you to view most/all content, and browse topically.


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