John Bakken Sod House, Milton, North Dakota

John Bakken sod house, Milton, North Dakota. McCarthy, John, 1861- photographer.

CREATED/PUBLISHED
[1895?]

SUMMARY
Sod house with Marget Bakken at the door with a wash basin in her hand. John Bakken stands in left foreground with spade in hand. In right foreground are their two small children, Tilda and Eddie (wearing a dress). By house is a dog and plant in the outside window ledge. There are also two stovepipes and vegetation on the roof. In distance on right side there appears to be a hay or straw stack and another sod structure.

Rural school near Osnabrock, North Dakota.

CREATED/PUBLISHED
[1900-?]

SUMMARY
Interior of school with children lined up in front of school. Teacher at left. Desks visible at bottom of photograph. U.S. flag, photographs and other items on front wall and blackboards.

Ole Gilman's general merchandise store at Milton, North Dakota.

CREATED/PUBLISHED
[1890]

SUMMARY
Front of two-story store with group of people standing in front on boardwalk. Above front windows is a rolled up awning with lettering "O.H. Gilman & Co." On boardwalk is a large (over five foot) leather boot. Adjoining buildings also visible.

Soper school, Soper Post Office, North Dakota, 1896 : G.G. Grimson, teacher; Mandus, Fred, Bernard Hultstrand, pupils.

CREATED/PUBLISHED
1896.

SUMMARY
A white school building and forty-seven children in front with their teacher who likely is on the extreme left. Three children are on horseback, these are probably Bernard, Fred, and Mandus Hultstrand.

This is the way washing clothes was done in "the good old days".

CREATED/PUBLISHED
[190-?]

SUMMARY
Two women with kerchiefs on their heads washing clothes. One woman is stirring a large pot over a fire, and the other woman is washing clothes with a wash board and wash tub. There is a stand of trees behind them. No identifying information, likely in North Dakota.

Glenwood school near Hoople, North Dakota, 1899 : Henry Patterson, teacher.

CREATED/PUBLISHED
1899.

SUMMARY
Children standing in front of school. Man, likely teacher, on extreme left. School has cupola and large entryway. Young trees surround school. Woodpile in back of school.

Neighborhood gathering at Andrew Gustafson farm, Osnabrock, North Dakota.

CREATED/PUBLISHED
[after 1897]

SUMMARY
Twenty men, women and children posed in front of shack. Includes three men at stone grinder, man on horse in back, man (?) and child in buggy, boy with bicycle, dog with two men, and five women with babies and small children. Identification given for 13 of 20 persons on back of print and on label.

In your Easter bonnet with all the frills upon it, you'll be the grandest lady in the Easter parade : millinery shop at Park River, North Dakota.

CREATED/PUBLISHED
[1914?]

SUMMARY
A millinery shop in Park River, N.D. Three women trying on hats with Mrs. Mary F. Bannerman, the shop owner. There are tables and cupboards full of women's hats. On one wall is a mirror. There are lace curtains in the windows, and an electric light is suspended from the ceiling.

Digging out after the big blizzard, Milton, North Dakota, 1893.

CREATED/PUBLISHED
[1893?]

SUMMARY
View down main street with high snow drifts in center, and many people standing on top of drifts. In front are two men holding reigns of horses.

Sod house near Milton, North Dakota, about 1895 : about 1895.

McCarthy, John, 1861- photographer.

CREATED/PUBLISHED
[1895?]

SUMMARY
Sod house with two windows, rake on the roof, stovepipe and a man, woman, two boys and two girls standing in front. Snow on the ground, and a child's wagon with "Express" written on the side.

Osnabrock, N.D., view of Broad Street looking east

CREATED/PUBLISHED
[189-?]

SUMMARY
Looking down center of street with stores on both sides. Several wagons, people and utility poles visible.

Merriam's Furniture Store, Park River, Dakota Territory : established 1884.

CREATED/PUBLISHED
[189-?]

SUMMARY
A two story building with a balcony on the second floor going half way across the front. The building has a false front, and a board walk runs beside the street. In the foreground of the picture there is a boy in the street with a bicycle. Next to Merriam's store is a horse and cart. The cart has a sign on it reading, "Special Prices on Carpets Wall Paper and Etc. Merriam Brothers." On the side of the cart is painted, "Furniture." There are people walking and standing on the boardwalk, and there is furniture out on the boardwalk in front of Merriam's store. There is a man standing on the balcony, and a gas street lamp in front of the store.

Sod house built in 1884 on homestead site of OleI. Gjevre : OsnabrockTownship, CavalierCounty, Dakota Territory.

CREATED/PUBLISHED
[1898]

SUMMARY
Likely several families outside a sod house which appears to have lumber enclosing the sod walls. Visible is a stovepipe and a wooden addition. Plants are growing on the sod roof. Two men are seated, and four women are standing behind them with children sitting across the photo. There is a baby in a baby buggy. To the left is a table with plants on it. One girl has a cat in her lap and another appears to have a doll.

Thorson Brothers store, Park River, North Dakota, 1899 : Ole and Halvor Thorson.

CREATED/PUBLISHED
1899.

SUMMARY
Interior of general store. Man behind counter on left and boy in front. Another man across room. Produce in front and U.S. flags hanging from ceiling.

Oxen and hay rack : ready to start a long days work.

McCarthy, John, 1861- photographer.

CREATED/PUBLISHED
[189-?]

SUMMARY
An unidentified man standing in hay rack driving a team of two oxen pulling the hay rack. The hay rack is empty and the man has a pitchfork in his hand. Likely taken in North Dakota.

Carl E. Jerdin sod house, near Soper Post Office, North Dakota : taken September 1897.

CREATED/PUBLISHED
1897.

SUMMARY
Sod house and other buildings on farm. Woman is in entry of house with pail in her hand, boy on ground holding a cat, two men working on grinding stone and boy on ground beside men. In background are a barn, buggies, horses, hay and implements.

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U.S. mail boat, The Minnie H on Devils Lake, Devils Lake, North Dakota.

CREATED/PUBLISHED
[190-?]

SUMMARY
Minnie H steamer on DevilsLake near dock. A few people on shore by row boats. Other boat with engine docked at smaller dock, named "Maria Teresa." On side of Minnie H is "U.S. Mail, Minnie H."

The Itinerant photographer displaying his wares.

CREATED/PUBLISHED
[190-?]

SUMMARY
Man by horse-drawn buggy displaying photographs to woman. Displayed on ground, on buggy and on horse are mounted photographs. Behind is a tar-paper house. In back of buggy is an open wood chest with the initials "J.V.H." on side.

BuffaloCountySchool

CREATOR
Solomon D. Butcher

DATE
ca. 1907

Gates School in Cumming Park, north west of West Union, Custer County, Nebraska.

CREATOR
Solomon D. Butcher

DATE
1886

Men in front of Kilpatrick Bros. Groceries & Railroad Supplies store, Broken Bow, Nebraska

CREATOR
Solomon D. Butcher

DATE
1886

A Typical pioneer town

CREATED/PUBLISHED
[189-]

SUMMARY
Thirteen men and boys gathered by grocery store. Other stores visible down the street, many have overhanging roofs over boardwalk. Only one business name readable, "White River Star Company Supply Store." Location not given, perhaps North Dakota.

Neighborhood gathering at Andrew Gustafson farm, Osnabrock, North Dakota.

CREATED/PUBLISHED
[after 1897]

SUMMARY
Twenty men, women and children posed in front of shack. Includes three men at stone grinder, man on horse in back, man (?) and child in buggy, boy with bicycle, dog with two men, and five women with babies and small children. Identification given for 13 of 20 persons on back of print and on label.