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| Title | Aagot and Laura Bergsgaard, sisters |
| Date of Original | 190-? |
| Description | Studio portrait of sisters seated, both wearing white dresses. Aagot is on left. Likely taken in Benson County, N.D. |
| Ordering Information | Consult: http://library.ndsu.edu/ndsuarchives/duplication-services |
| General Subject | People
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| Subject (LCTGM) | Families
Portrait photographs
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| Subject (Local) | Women homesteaders
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| Personal Name | Bergsgaard, Aagot, 1879-1947
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| Location | Benson County (N.D.)
North Dakota
United States
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| Decade | 1900-1909
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| Item Number | 2008.116.13; 2008.6.1; |
| Negative Number | 35mm-246.42-44 copy neg. |
| Format of Original | Slides
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| Dimensions of Original | 5 x 5 cm. |
| Transcription | "Aagdt Bergsgaard and sister Laura" - Handwritten on slide mount. |
| Notes | Title supplied by staff.
Photographer unknown.
Copied from original photographic print.
Copy photographic print (5x7) also available in collection. |
| Biography/History | Aagot Bergsgaard was born in Odnes, Norway in 1879 and came with her parents to Spring Grove, Minnesota in 1885. The family moved to the Viking, N.D. community in 1889. Aagot homestead south of Maddock, N.D. in 1910. Later she moved to Williston, N.D. where she died in 1947. She never married. |
| 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 (2008.116.13) |
| Language | eng
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| Digital ID | rs010018 |
| Original Source | Slide |
