Etching (with drypoint and plate tone)
of old fairgrounds grandstand landmark in Fargo, ND, which was demolished around the date indicated on the work.
The print depicts the wooden grandstand of the former Fargo fairgrounds, which were closed and demolished in 1967 when the fairgrounds relocated to West Fargo. The image likely functions as a contemporary documentary record of a recently lost local landmark.
- Helen (Mildred Callison) Glover
- Old Fairgrounds Grandstand, c. 1967
- Etching (with drypoint and plate tone)
- Signature: LR Helen Glover 1967
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In Storage
Etching by Helen Glover of a fairground building in Fargo, ND dated around the time the building was demolished. From social media reports, Helen Glover was an artist who moved from Texas to Fargo in the early 60s. She produced and locally distributed other architectural prints of this nature. Not much more is known. Message us if you have any information to share.
- Subject Matter: Fairground architecture.
