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| Title | By their sod house on the homestead in Bottineau County, near Westhope, North Dakota |
| Date of Original | 190-? |
| Description | Mrs. John Talcott (Annie Carlson) and daughter Ruth (now Mrs. George Sandy, Park River, N.D.), unidentified son, and daughter Hope (Mrs. Ted Vedvig, Carpio, N.D.). Homestead is 9 miles west and 2 miles south of Westhope in Bentinck Township. Sod house with a shingled roof, and wooden walls with sod stacked up against the sides. Three windows, a doorway, and a stovepipe are visible. A heavy wooden beam is a support for the roof. There is a wooden building in the background, (a barn?). Image is blurry in areas. |
| Ordering Information | Consult: http://library.ndsu.edu/ndsuarchives/duplication-services |
| General Subject | Pioneer Era
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| Subject (LCTGM) | Sod buildings
Children
Families
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| Subject (LCSH) | Sod houses
Swedish Americans
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| Personal Name | Talcott, Annie Carlson, 1879-1971
Talcott, John F., 1875-1963
Sandy, Ruth Talcott
Vedvig, Hope Talcott
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| Location | Westhope (N.D.)
Bentinck (N.D. : Township)
Bottineau County (N.D.)
North Dakota
United States
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| Decade | 1900-1909
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| Item Number | 2028.114 |
| Negative Number | C120mm-033 copy neg.; |
| Format of Original | Color images
Gelatin silver prints
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| Dimensions of Original | 20 x 25 cm. |
| Notes | Title taken from label with print.
Black and white version of image available.
Hand colored by Hultstrand Studio staff. |
| Biography/History | John F. Talcott was born in 1875 in Sweden. He came to America with his parents, and in 1901 he homesteaded near Westhope, N.D. In 1902 he married Annie C. Carlson, born in 1879 in Sweden. They raised a family of eight children. He died in 1963 and she in 1971. |
| Bibliographic Reference | "John and Annie Talcott." The People of Bottineau County. [Bottineau, N.D.?]: Centennial Book Committee, 1984. p. 35. |
| 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 (2028.114) |
| Language | eng
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| Digital ID | rs005120 |
| Original Source | Negative |
