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| Title | Norwegian Lutheran Church, Viking, N.Dak. |
| Date of Original | 191- |
| Creator | Olsen, Fred
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| Creator Role | Photographer
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| Description | Front view of wood-frame church with center steeple. Wood fence in front of church. |
| Ordering Information | Consult: http://library.ndsu.edu/ndsuarchives/duplication-services |
| General Subject | Religion
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| Subject (LCTGM) | Lutheran churches
Churches
Steeples
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| Subject (LCSH) | Norwegian Americans
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| Organization Name | Viking Lutheran Church (Maddock, N.D.)
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| Location | Viking (N.D.)
Maddock (N.D.)
Benson County (N.D.)
North Dakota
United States
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| Decade | 1910-1919
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| Item Number | 2000.574.13 |
| Format of Original | Photographic postcards
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| Dimensions of Original | 14 x 9 cm. |
| Publisher of Original | Olsen, Fred, photographer
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| Transcription | "Have you not received my scripts, or have you? Very dead here. What about Amenia? Greetings from me to you. Vance Tower" - message on back of postcard postmarked June 9, 1914 [town name illegible], addressed to Arthur Strand, Amenia, N.D. |
| Notes | Title printed on front of postcard. |
| Biography/History | The Viking Lutheran Church congregation was established in 1887 in Benson County, N.D. near the Wells County line. The organizers were early Norwegian settlers who had come from Spring Grove, Minn. and Hickson, N.D. The cornerstone of the church was laid in 1903 and it was completed in 1909. The church still stands today. |
| Repository Institution | North Dakota State University Libraries, Institute for Regional Studies
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| Repository Collection | Ronald Olin North Dakota Postcard Collection 2000
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| Collection Finding Aid | Consult: http://hdl.handle.net/10365/1115 |
| Credit Line | Institute for Regional Studies, NDSU, Fargo (2078.574.13) |
| Language | eng
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| Digital ID | rs000308 |
| Original Source | Photographic postcard |
