There are very few surviving photos of Arthur C. Townley — the North Dakota socialist, organizer and political boss who shaped the state in the 1910s.
But in one of them, he is doing what he did best: working a crowd.
Townley is in a suit, his dark hair slicked back, caught mid-sentence and with his hand blurred as he gestures at the rough-faced men before him — a sepia-toned sea of newsboy hats and…