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| Title | Esther Vaagen's school, Ridgeway No. 2, Dunn County, N.D. |
| Date of Original | 1917 |
| Description | Students stand outside the Ridgeway School No. 2 in Dunn County, N.D. The door to the school is open, and a flag flies on the flagpole. |
| Ordering Information | http://history.nd.gov/archives/whatphotos.html |
| General Subject | Education
Rural views
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| Subject (LCTGM) | Students
School children
Boys
Girls
Flags
Flagpoles
Rural schools
Schools
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| Personal Name | Vaagen, Esther, 1896-1984
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| Organization Name | Ridgeway School No. 2 (Dunn County, N.D.)
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| Location | Dunn County (N.D.)
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| Decade | 1910-1919
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| Item Number | 00032-DU-10-15 |
| Format of Original | Photographic prints
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| Notes | Photographer unknown.
Title created by staff. |
| Biography/History | Esther Hansen was born in New Lisbon, Wisc. in 1896. She moved to North Dakota in 1915 to teach school in Dunn County. Jim Vaagen and Esther were married in Wisconsin in 1918. The Vaagens had three children, Ruth, Garth, and Wesley. Wesley was killed in an accidental shooting in 1941. Jim worked on his own land near Werner, and on other ranches and in the area. Esther wrote a column for the Killdeer Herald from 1927 until her death in 1984. |
| Repository Institution | State Historical Society of North Dakota
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| Repository Collection | Oral History Project Photograph Collection 00032
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| Credit Line | State Historical Society of North Dakota (00032-DU-10-15) |
| Rights Management | Copyright status unknown. |
| Digital ID | sh00032DU1015 |
