Northwestern Engineering Company
Organization
Dates
- Existence: 1924-
Biography
Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:
Morris E. Adelstein (Northwestern Engineering Company) Papers
Collection
Identifier: B207
Abstract
Morris Adelstein was born in Des Moines, Iowa on June 2, 1894. His parents had immigrated from Russia and settled in Des Moines, Iowa. His mother Bailey Adelstein Martinsky homesteaded land in South Dakota in 1910 and moved with her youngest daughters to Kadoka, South Dakota. Morris Adelstein graduated from Highland Park College in Des Moines with a degree in englineering. After serving in the Army as an engineer during World War I, he joined his mother in Kadoka and was elected as the...
Dates:
Other: between 1919-2005
Moving in from Bel. Water Job, 1929
File
Identifier: B207.01.0001.0005
Abstract
File contains image of construction equipment and houses in the background.
Dates:
1929
Photographs, between 1919-1953
Series
Identifier: B207.01
Abstract
The series contains photographs of Northwestern Engineering Company worksites and a photograph of Kadoka, South Dakota.
Dates:
between 1919-1953
Road Construction, 1919
Item
Identifier: B207.01.0001.0002.00002
Abstract
Mounted photograph showing a construction crew in South Dakota. There are two children on a horse, eleven men, and two women. Four of the men are astride saddled horses inside a corral. Behind the people are an automobile, a truck, and two tents. After serving in the Army as an engineer during World War I, Morris Adelstein joined his mother in Kadoka, South Dakota and was elected as the county engineer for several counties in South Dakota. Morris Adelstein and his banker founded the...
Dates:
1919
Road Construction, 1919
Item
Identifier: B207.01.0001.0002.00003
Abstract
Mounted photograph showing a construction crew building a road and a culvert in South Dakota. There are three four-hitch teams of horses with grading implements and eight men. The men are by a newly constructed culvert and road. Two automobiles are parked on the dirt road and in the distance on the prairie is a wagon. After serving in the Army as an engineer during World War I, Morris Adelstein joined his mother in Kadoka, South Dakota and was elected as the county engineer for several...
Dates:
1919
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