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Threshing party in Wells County, N.D.
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| Title | Threshing party in Wells County, N.D. |
| Date of Original | 190-? |
| Description | A view of a threshing party. In the front are a group of women, children, and infants. There are two boys standing next to bicycles. In the back on the left are five carriages being pulled by a horse each. There are more horses on the right. There are men in the background, some with the carriages and a few with the horses. In the distance on the right is a farmhouse. On the distant left is a wooden building. |
| General Subject | People
Agriculture
Pioneer Era
Women
Work Life
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| Subject (LCTGM) | Women
People
Threshing
Horses
Boys
Children
Girls
Men
Infants
Bicycles & tricycles
Dogs
Carts & wagons
Carriages & coaches
Buildings
Houses
Farmhouses
Farms
Croplands
People associated with agriculture
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| Personal Name | Melby, Mary Skattebo, 1875-1936
Dahle, Margit
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| Location | Wells County (N.D.)
North Dakota
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| Decade | 1890-1899
1900-1909
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| Item Number | MM16 |
| Format of Original | Photographic prints
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| Dimensions of Original | 21 x 28 cm. |
| Transcription | "Mrs. Bendier Rognes sister, Mrs. O.S. Hovey, Dora, Mrs. Nels Anderson, Mrs. O.K. Melby, Ingribeg Neuhagen, Mrs. Gullick Dahle, Mary Hovey"--Handwritten on the front of the photograph. |
| Biography/History | Mary Skattebo, at the age of nine, left her native land, Norway, in 1884. She was accompanied by her parents who sailed for America that year. At seventeen she was married to Mr. O. K. Melby, a young farmer. Due to unproductive crops, people moved out in great numbers. In the company of relatives and friends, the young couple came to Wells County and filed on a homestead four miles north of Manfred. Mrs. Melby passed away in 1936.
Gullik H. Dahle was born in Norway in 1862. He married Margit in 1892, she was born in Valdres, Norway, in 1859. They came to the United States in 1893, and then went to Manfred, N.D. |
| Repository Institution | Manfred Heritage Museum
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| Repository Collection | Manfred Heritage Museum Photograph Collection
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| Credit Line | Manfred Heritage Museum, Manfred, N.D. (MM16) |
| Rights Management | Copyright status unknown. |
| Ordering Information | Manfred Heritage Museum
Visit the Manfred History and Preservation, Inc. website: ManfredND.org - go to Guestbook.
Mailing address: Manfred History and Preservation Inc., PO Box 321, Harvey, N.D. 58341
Open May 1- September 30, on Tuesday- Saturday 10am-4pm.
When open, Museum phone number (701) 547-2564.
Manfred project historian, Audrey Solheim, e-mail address, administrator@manfrednd.org
Winter phone numbers that are published in their newsletter for staff who could open the museum on special request are 701-547-3123, 701-324-2091, and Pam Norstedt at 701-324-2027. |
| Grant | NHPRC SNAP Grant 2008-2009, NAR08-RC-10021-08 |
| Digital ID | dmMM16 |
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