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Christ Nelson sod house, Soper Post Office, North Dakota
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| Title | Christ Nelson sod house, Soper Post Office, North Dakota |
| Date of Original | 1896 |
| Creator | McCarthy, John, 1861-
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| Creator Role | Photographer
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| Description | Sod house with a wooden lean-to, stovepipe and one window showing. Five bicycles are against the side of the addition. Eight people in the foreground. A boy is on the roof of the lean-to. There are also saw horses, a shoe on the roof, and tin cans and trash on the ground. |
| Ordering Information | Consult: http://library.ndsu.edu/ndsuarchives/duplication-services |
| General Subject | Pioneer Era
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| Subject (LCTGM) | Sod buildings
Bicycles & tricycles
Sawhorses
Saws
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| Subject (LCSH) | Sod houses
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| Personal Name | Bakken, George
Gjevre, Edwin, 1888-1954
Lind, John A.
Hagen, Thomas, 1882-
Hagen, Herman, 1891-1979
Nelson, Christ O.
Erickson, John, 1887-
Erickson, Martin, 1880-
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| Location | Soper (N.D.)
Osnabrock (N.D.)
Cavalier County (N.D.)
North Dakota
United States
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| Decade | 1890-1899
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| Item Number | 2028.80 |
| Negative Number | Hult.080 (5x7 glass neg.) |
| Format of Original | Glass negatives
Gelatin silver prints
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| Dimensions of Original | 13 x 18 cm. |
| Transcription | "Reading from left to right: George Bakken, Edwin Gjevre, John A. Lind, Thomas Haugen, Christ O. Nelson (owner), John Erickson, Herman Haugen (on the roof), Martin Erickson." - Typed on label attached to photograph. |
| Notes | Title taken from label with hand-colored print.
Photographer likely John McCarthy since original negative in collection.
Hand colored version of image available. |
| External Resource | Images featured on "Northern Great Plains, 1880-1920" part of American Memory, Library of Congress: http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/award97/ndfahtml/ngphome.html |
| Repository Institution | North Dakota State University Libraries, Institute for Regional Studies
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| Repository Collection | Fred Hultstrand History in Pictures Collection 2028
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| Credit Line | Fred Hultstrand History in Pictures Collection, NDIRS-NDSU, Fargo (2028.80) |
| Language | eng
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| Digital ID | rs004774 |
| Original Source | Negative |
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