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| Title | Homestead Act, 1862-1962 : 4 cents, U.S. postage |
| Date of Original | 1962 |
| Description | Stamp image based on the John Bakken sod house photograph, originally taken by John McCarthy, but children removed. Shows man leaning on shovel looking at woman outside door of sod house. Actual stamp attached to lower right corner of enlarged color print. |
| Ordering Information | Consult: http://library.ndsu.edu/ndsuarchives/duplication-services |
| General Subject | Agriculture
Pioneer Era
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| Subject (LCTGM) | Homesteading
Sod buildings
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| Subject (LCSH) | Sod houses
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| Personal Name | Bakken, John, 1871-1965
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| Location | Milton (N.D)
Silvesta (N.D. : Township)
Walsh County (N.D.)
North Dakota
United States
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| Decade | 1960-1969
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| Item Number | 2028.240 |
| Format of Original | Postage stamps
Color images
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| Dimensions of Original | 3 x 4 cm. |
| Transcription | "The Homestead Act commemorative stamp. The John Bakken sod house picture was used as the basis for the design of this stamp" - Label with hand-colored print. |
| Notes | Title taken from stamp. |
| Biography/History | John Bakken was born in 1871 at Benson, Minn. of Norwegian immigrants. In 1881 the family moved to near Milton, N.D., where in 1893 he married Marget Axvig, born in Norway. In 1896 they homesteaded in Silvesta Township, Walsh County, N.D. and farmed there until retiring to Edinburg, N.D. in 1942. Marget died in 1948 and John in 1965.
Also used by Norway on its postage stamp in 1975 commemorating the sesquicentennial of Norwegian emigration to America. |
| External Resource | Images featured on "Northern Great Plains, 1880-1920" part of American Memory, Library of Congress: http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/award97/ndfahtml/ngphome.html |
| Repository Institution | North Dakota State University Libraries, Institute for Regional Studies
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| Repository Collection | Fred Hultstrand History in Pictures Collection 2028
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| Credit Line | Fred Hultstrand History In Pictures Collection, NDIRS-NDSU, Fargo (2028.240) |
| Language | eng
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| Digital ID | rs002531 |
| Original Source | Stamp |
