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| Title | Esoline Mathilda Evenson and Oscar Zacherson sitting on prairie |
| Date of Original | between 1907-1909 |
| Description | Woman and man seated on prairie with a dog between them. Each has a rifle in their arms. Identity of man given on another print in collection as her future husband Oscar E. Zacherson. |
| Ordering Information | Consult: http://library.ndsu.edu/ndsuarchives/duplication-services |
| General Subject | Sports & Recreation
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| Subject (LCTGM) | Courtship
Rifles
Dogs
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| Subject (Local) | Women homesteaders
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| Personal Name | Zackerson, Mathilda Esoline Evenson, 1883-1952
Zacherson, Oscar E., 1881-1937
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| Location | Adams County (N.D.)
North Dakota
United States
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| Decade | 1900-1909
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| Item Number | 2008.116.51; 2008.20.7 |
| Negative Number | 35mm 280.1-3 |
| Format of Original | Slides
Copy photographic prints
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| Dimensions of Original | 5 x 5 cm. |
| Transcription | "Esoline Mathilda Evenson 'Courting'" - Handwritten on slide mount.
"Mathilda Esoline Evenson used her gun for recreation as well as defense. Courtesy Evelyn Conger" - Caption with image in Land in Her Own Name, p. 182. |
| Notes | Title supplied by staff.
Photographer unknown.
Copied from original gelatin silver print.
Completed questionnaire in Lindgren's research papers (292.1.65). |
| Biography/History | Mathilda Esoline Evenson was born in 1883. She homesteaded in Gilstrap Township, Adams County, N.D. in 1907. After proving up her claim she sold it in 1909. In 1910 she married Oscar E. Zacherson and they lived at Hickson, N.D., later moving to Minneapolis, Minn. where she died in 1952. |
| 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 (2008.116.51) |
| Language | eng
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| Digital ID | rs010056 |
| Original Source | Slide |
