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| Title | Christian Bergum with horses on homestead near Westby, N.D. |
| Date of Original | 190-? |
| Description | Man holding the reins of four horses in front of small wood frame farmhouse. Barn visible in background. |
| Ordering Information | Consult: http://library.ndsu.edu/ndsuarchives/duplication-services |
| General Subject | Agriculture
Pioneer Era
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| Subject (LCTGM) | Farms
Farmers
Farmhouses
Horses
Barns
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| Subject (LCSH) | Norwegian Americans
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| Personal Name | Bergum, Christian, 1872-1924
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| Location | Daneville (N.D. : Township)
Divide County (N.D.)
North Dakota
United States
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| Decade | 1900-1909
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| Item Number | 2000.520.3 |
| Format of Original | Photographic postcards
Gelatin silver prints
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| Dimensions of Original | 9 x 14 cm. |
| Transcription | "Her ser de min heim og 4er af min heste Jeg har nu 10 af dem, 8 arbeids heste og 3 foller og tenker jeg faar 3 neste sommer vist jeg har lyken. Hilsen fra din Fader Christ Bergum (Det er mig som holder Hesten.) - Handwritten in Norwegian on back of postcard. Rough translation: Here you see my home and four of my horses. I now have 10 of them, 8 work horses and 3 fouls and am thinking I will get three next summer if I am lucky. Greetings from your father Christ Bergum (It is me who is holding the horse). |
| Notes | Title supplied by staff.
Photographer unknown. |
| Biography/History | Christian Bergum was born in Namsos, Norway. He came to America about 1901. In 1910 Federal Census, he was living with his brother Hartwick Bergum on his brother's homestead in Section 35, Township 161 (Daneville Township), Range 103, in Divide County. South Westby, Mont./N.D. about 10 miles. Christian moved to Coalridge, Montana, where he died on October 16, 1924. |
| Bibliographic Reference | Norsk i Montana: Volume 1 Northeastern Counties, compiled by Richard Freheim, p. 29. |
| Repository Institution | North Dakota State University Libraries, Institute for Regional Studies
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| Repository Collection | Ronald Olin North Dakota Postcard Collection 2000
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| Collection Finding Aid | Consult: http://hdl.handle.net/10365/1115 |
| Credit Line | Institute for Regional Studies, NDSU, Fargo (2000.520.3) |
| Language | nor
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| Digital ID | rs004525 |
| Original Source | Postcard |
