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Abram M. Fridley

Filed under: Item of the Day — Lizzie Ehrenhalt @ 9:30 am

Daguerreotype of Minnesota politician Abram McCormack Fridley (1817-1888) taken in 1848. He is the namesake of the city of Fridley in Anoka County, Minnesota.

For details, view the daguerreotype in our online collections database.

Comments (2)

2 Responses to “Abram M. Fridley”

1. Chris Steller Says:
   December 19th, 2012 at 11:38 am

   Thanks for picking Fridley’s namesake!

   One tweak: The size of the image can’t really be 4 1/4′ height by 3 1/4′ width, as listed at http://collections.mnhs.org/cms/display.php?irn=10061838 (Double quote marks for inches?)

   Also I’m wondering about Abram vs. Abraham … assuming it’s the same guy.

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   Lori Williamson reply on December 19th, 2012:

   Thanks for the tweak! You’re right, it’s not quite that large as that(can you imagine?). We are fixing it now.
   The Legislative Reference Library lists him as Abram, so we’re going with that.
   http://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail.aspx?id=12907
   Thanks again for your help, we appreciate it!
   Best, Lori

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