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| Title | Emily Johnson with sister |
| Date of Original | 191-? |
| Description | Studio portrait of Emily Johnson (right) and sister |
| Ordering Information | Consult: http://library.ndsu.edu/ndsuarchives/duplication-services |
| General Subject | Women
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| Subject (LCTGM) | Women
Portrait photographs
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| Subject (Local) | Women homesteaders
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| Personal Name | Bakke, Emily Johnson, 1882-1985
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| Location | Stanley (N.D.)
Mountrail County (N.D.)
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| Decade | 1910-1919
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| Item Number | 2008.116.122 |
| Format of Original | Slides
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| Dimensions of Original | 5 x 5 cm. |
| Transcription | "Emily Johnson (Bakke) right and sister Emily" - Handwritten on slide mount.
"Emily Johnson bought a relinquishment from a railroad man in Minot. She paid $200 for the quarter and the shack." - Caption with image in: Land in Her Own Name, p. 71. |
| Notes | Title supplied by staff.
Photographer unknown.
Emily Johnson Bakke's completed questionnaire and additional biographical information in Lindgren's research papers (Mss 292.1.113). |
| Biography/History | Emily Johnson was born in 1882 at Clitherall, Minn., the daughter of Swedish immigrants, Hans and Elna Johnson. She homesteaded in 1907 in Alger Township, Mountrail County, near Stanley, N.D. She proved up her claim in 1908 and also married George Bakke the same year. They lived on his nearby homestead. George died in 1948 and Emily in 1985. |
| Bibliographic Reference | Lund, Leonard. "Stanley Area Woman, at 100, Still Lives on Homestead." [Newspaper not given], 1982 (photocopy in research file Mss 292.1.113) |
| 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 (2008.116.122) |
| Rights Management | Copyright status unknown. |
| Language | eng
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| Digital ID | rs010127 |
| Original Source | Slide |
