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Collection Summary
Collection: 00032 - North Dakota Oral History Project Photograph Collection
Folder: DI-08
Item: 00002
Title: Alex Alexanderson family on their farm 10 miles N of Fullerton (N.D.)
Date: circa 1905
Inscription/Marks: [facsimile] Written in ink on reverse: The Alex Alexanderson farm 10 miles north of Fullerton. From left to right-Lloyd, Elizabeth and Lottie, in the buggy Mr. and Mrs. Alex Alexanderson. Property of Mary Huff.
Summary: Lloyd, Elizabeth, Lottie, Alex, and Mrs. Alex Alexanderson pose for a photograph on their farm near Fullerton, N.D. A dog sits next to Lloyd and his bike, and both Elizabeth and Lottie hold puppies.||Alex Alexanderson was born in Sweden, and moved to the United States in 1869. He worked on the Benton Packet Line out of Bismarck. He also did carpentry work in LaMoure and Dickey Counties. The Alexanderson family lost their first farm home to fire in 1885. Alexanderson was an amateur boat builder in his leisure time, and in 1910 he launched the Wanderland, designed to travel on the James River. The boat was so large and heavy with equipment that it only drew one foot of water. He offered trips from Oakes and LaMoure. After taking the Wanderland apart in 1914, Alexanderson built the Red Wing.
Red ID: PH_I_122502 Image ID: 183119 Image Notes: 00032-DI-08-00002

Collection: 00032 Digitized Images from Collection
Title: North Dakota Oral History Project Photograph Collection
Date: 1880-1977

Summary: Consists of copies of photographs belonging to people interviewed for the North Dakota Oral History Project. The Project was undertaken by Larry Sprunk, with the cooperation of the North Dakota American Revolution Bicentennial Commission, the North Dakota Farmers Union, and the State Historical Society of North Dakota. The primary objective of the North Dakota Oral History Project was to conduct oral tape recorded interviews with North Dakotans who lived through the state's history and who could speak of this history from a first-hand basis. Interviewees were photographed at the time of their interviews. In addition, the project borrowed over 6,000 historical photographs which were copied and added to the State Historical Society's collection. Many interviewees also donated family histories, documents, letters, ledgers, books, and artifacts.

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