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Edwin H. Peterson & Co. grocery store, Souris, N.D.
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| Title | Edwin H. Peterson & Co. grocery store, Souris, N.D. |
| Date of Original | 1910? |
| Description | Interior of grocery store showing canned goods on shelves. Scene shows three men and two women in aprons. The women on the right is Augusta Nystrom, holding her niece Nona Peterson. |
| Ordering Information | Consult: http://library.ndsu.edu/ndsuarchives/duplication-services |
| General Subject | Business & Industry
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| Subject (LCTGM) | Grocery stores
Grocers
Interiors
Canned foods
Shelving
Merchandise displays
Aprons
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| Personal Name | Peterson, Edwin H., 1882-1966
Nystrom, Augusta, 1878-1969
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| Organization Name | E. H. Peterson & Co. (Souris, N.D.)
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| Location | Souris (N.D.)
Bottineau County (N.D.)
North Dakota
United States
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| Decade | 1910-1919
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| Item Number | 2000.456.9 |
| Format of Original | Gelatin silver prints
Photographic postcards
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| Dimensions of Original | 9 x 14 cm. |
| Transcription | "Dear bro.- Will send you a card of the new store. I am there with Nona, but you can hardly see us. I have been looking for my hat you sent it, has not got here yet. Will you inquire at Richville how it was sent. They better look it up. It must have got lost. See to it soon as I need it. Gusta. The lady on there is the nurse and the boy her cousin." - handwritten on back of postcard, postmarked from Souris, N.Dak. Apr 4, 1910. Addressed to Mr. Carl Nystrom, Richville, Minn. |
| Notes | Title supplied by staff.
Photographer unknown. |
| Biography/History | Identification based upon message on postcard, and entry in the 1910 United States Federal Census, Bottineau County, Souris City (ED 22, Sheet 11A, Lines 18-22). Family entry lists Edwin H. Peterson, age 27, wife Beda age 22, daughter Nona age 1, and son Clayton age 1/12, sister-in-law Augusta Nystrom age 32, and boarder Ben Howard. Mr. Peterson is listed as proprietor of a grocery store, Augusta Nystrom was listed as family servant, and Ben Howard as clerk at the grocery store. |
| 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 (2000.456.9) |
| Language | eng
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| Digital ID | rs004326 |
| Original Source | Postcard |
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