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| Title | Young Norwegian Dakotans |
| Date of Original | 1889 |
| Description | Two children, with girl holding hand of younger. |
| Ordering Information | Consult: http://library.ndsu.edu/ndsuarchives/duplication-services |
| General Subject | Ethnic
People
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| Subject (LCTGM) | Children
Holding hands
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| Subject (LCSH) | Norwegian Americans
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| Location | North Dakota
United States
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| Decade | 1880-1889
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| Item Number | Folio 102.EtN67.1b |
| Format of Original | Lithographs
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| Dimensions of Original | 8 x 7 cm. |
| Publisher of Original | Smalley, E. V. (Eugene Virgil), 1841-1899
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| Place of Publication | Saint Paul (Minn.)
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| Transcription | "The Norwegians of Dakota. Some people estimate that the Norwegians constitute about one-third of the population of Dakota, and that they have pocketed about two-thirds of the profits from the development of this new country. They are thrifty. Most of them come with just enough to get on Government land and build a shack. Before they had earned the homestead title they were in comfortable circumstances, and now they are loaning money to less fortunate neighbors. One of the largest millers in the State is a Norwegian, William C. Leistikow, of Grafton. The cashier of the Hillsboro National Bank, A.L. Hanson, is a Norwegian. Akrehamson, the Treasurer of Grand Forks County, and one of the largest dry goods dealers in the State, is a Norwegian. The Torrelsons are well known to the Red River Valley as men who have money of their own in the bank at all times ready for loans on good security. Every county has Norwegians who are worth from $25, 000 to $50, 000, all made since settling in Dakota. These people live economically and work hard for the first years, but they Americanize with wonderful rapidity, and take to the comforts and luxuries of life just as soon as they find themselves ready to afford them. There are not poorhouses where the Norwegians are thickets, and the jails are mainly ornamental. North Dakota could ill afford to spare the Norwegian population. - Text on page 32 of same issue. |
| Notes | Title from caption with image.
Other image on same page titled: "A Norwegian homestead in North Dakota."
Likely drawn by Will S. Horton, creator of other image on page. |
| Repository Institution | North Dakota State University Libraries, Institute for Regional Studies
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| Repository Collection | Dakota Lithographs and Engravings Collection Folio 102
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| Collection Finding Aid | Consult: http://hdl.handle.net/10365/6673 |
| Credit Line | Institute for Regional Studies, NDSU, Fargo (Folio 102.EtN67.1b) |
| Rights Management | Image in public domain. |
| Language | eng; |
| Digital ID | rsL00052 |
| Original Source | Northwest Magazine, Oct. 1889. p. 7. |
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