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| Title | Karoline Holen outside her homestead shack, Williams County, N.D. |
| Date of Original | 190-? |
| Description | Karoline Holen standing outside tar paper shack with man on implement hitched to four animals. |
| Ordering Information | Consult: http://library.ndsu.edu/ndsuarchives/duplication-services |
| General Subject | Women
Pioneer Era
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| Subject (LCTGM) | Homesteading
Agricultural machinery & implements
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| Subject (LCSH) | Tar paper shacks
Norwegian American women
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| Subject (Local) | Women homesteaders
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| Personal Name | Holen, Karoline, 1842-1923
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| Location | Williams County (N.D.)
North Dakota
United States
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| Decade | 1900-1909
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| Item Number | 2008.116.94 |
| Format of Original | Slides
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| Dimensions of Original | 5 x 5 cm. |
| Transcription | "Karoline Holen and son" - Handwritten on slide mount.
"Karoline Holen decided to venture west from Minnesota after her husband died. Courtesy Mrs. Carl D. Larson" - Caption with image in Land in Her Own Name, p. 48. |
| Notes | Title supplied by staff.
Photographer unknown.
Copied from original gelatin silver print.
Completed questionnaire and additional biographical information in Lindgren's research papers (Mss 292.1.98). |
| Biography/History | Karoline Loftingsmoe was born at Lesje, Norway in 1842. There she married Johan Olsen Holen. The family came to the Glenwood, Minnesota area circa 1892 where Johan died in 1901. Karoline and a number of her children came to North Dakota and she homesteaded in 1906 in Oliver Township, Williams County. She proved up her claim in 1910 and later moved back to Minnesota where she died in 1923. |
| Repository Institution | North Dakota State University Libraries, Institute for Regional Studies
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| Repository Collection | H. Elaine Lindgren Photograph Collection 2008
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| Collection Finding Aid | Consult: http://hdl.handle.net/10365/1059 |
| Credit Line | Institute for Regional Studies, NDSU, Fargo (2008.116.94) |
| Language | eng
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| Digital ID | rs010099 |
| Original Source | Slide |
