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| Title | Karoline Holen sitting in chair on lawn |
| Date of Original | 191-? |
| Description | Karoline Holen sitting in chair in yard with plants and young trees. Location unknown, either on or near her homestead in Williams County, N.D. or in Minnesota. |
| Ordering Information | Consult: http://library.ndsu.edu/ndsuarchives/duplication-services |
| General Subject | People
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| Subject (LCTGM) | Older people
Chairs
Lawns
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| Subject (LCSH) | Norwegian American women
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| Subject (Local) | Women homesteaders
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| Personal Name | Holen, Karoline, 1842-1923
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| Location | Williams County (N.D.)
North Dakota
United States
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| Decade | 1910-1919
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| Item Number | 2008.116.95 |
| Format of Original | Slides
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| Dimensions of Original | 5 x 5 cm. |
| Transcription | "Karoline Holen, older" - Handwritten on slide mount.
"Karoline Holen was 64 when she homesteaded in Williams County. Courtesy Mrs. Carl Larson" - Caption with image in Land in Her Own Name, p. 18. |
| Notes | Title supplied by staff.
Photographer unknown.
Copied from original gelatin silver print.
Completed questionnaire and additional biographical information in Lindgren's research papers (Mss 292.1.98). |
| Biography/History | Karoline Loftingsmoe was born at Lesje, Norway in 1842. There she married Johan Olsen Holen. The family came to the Glenwood, Minnesota area circa 1892 where Johan died in 1901. Karoline and a number of her children came to North Dakota and she homesteaded in 1906 in Oliver Township, Williams County. She proved up her claim in 1910 and later moved back to Minnesota where she died in 1923. |
| 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 (2008.116.95) |
| Language | eng
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| Digital ID | rs010100 |
| Original Source | Slide |
