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| Title | Betsy Aslakson with chickens |
| Date of Original | 191-? |
| Description | Betsy Aslakson standing by building doorway with chickens on mound of hay or straw. Location unknown, although likely in Minnesota and not at her homestead near Tioga, N.D. |
| Ordering Information | Consult: http://library.ndsu.edu/ndsuarchives/duplication-services |
| General Subject | Agriculture
Women
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| Subject (LCTGM) | Chickens
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| Subject (Local) | Women homesteaders
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| Personal Name | Aslakson, Betsey, 1873-1955
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| Location | Minnesota
United States
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| Decade | 1910-1919
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| Item Number | 2008.116.11 |
| Format of Original | Slides
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| Dimensions of Original | 5 x 5 cm. |
| Transcription | "Betsy Aslakson about 45 years old, not on her claim" - Handwritten on slide mount.
"Betsy Aslakson. Chickens were an important source of income for many women. Courtesy Berglot Aslakson" - Identification with published image in Land in Her Own Name, p. 120. |
| Notes | Title supplied by staff.
Photographer unknown.
Copied from original photographic print. |
| Biography/History | Betsey Aslakson was born in 1873 at Starbuck, Minnesota to Norwegian immigrant parents. She was a widow with three children when she homesteaded near Tioga, N.D. in 1909. After proving up her land in 1910 she and her family moved back to Minnesota where she died in 1955. |
| Repository Institution | North Dakota State University Libraries, Institute for Regional Studies
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| Repository Collection | H. Elaine Lindgren Photograph Collection 2008
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| Collection Finding Aid | Consult: http://hdl.handle.net/10365/1059 |
| Credit Line | Institute for Regional Studies, NDSU, Fargo (2008.116.11) |
| Language | eng
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| Digital ID | rs010016 |
| Original Source | Slide |
