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Collection: 00055 - Arthur Benson Gilbert Photograph Collection
Folder: 0002
Item: 00013
Title: Family of Mr. W. H. Cawley of rural Pretty Rock, Grant County (N.D.)
Date: Circa 1915
Creator: Gilbert, Arthur Benson
Inscription/Marks: [back in black ink] Col. 55-13. FN9/u87. Pretty Rock ND. (from Non-Partisan League collection). Donor A. B. Gilbert, Mound, Minnesota. [back-red ink stamp] RECEIVED IN MUSEUM FEB 25 1935 MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY. [back-black ink stamp upside down] RECEIVED FROM MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY. [back-in black print] POST CARD PLACE STAMP HERE CYKO. LAWFER STUDIO, LEITH, NORTH DAKOTA.
Summary: Group portrait of young family with woman standing beside man seated in chair next to her. A young boy in sailor shirt and short dark pants with black tights and high top shoes leans on the arm of chair and another boy in coat, dark work shirt and tie, short pants and high-top shoes stands on his left side. A black and white dog sits sideways in front of the chair. The photographer's shadow is visible in the lower photo right side. Identified as the family of W.H. Crawley of rural Pretty Rock, in Grant County (N.D.). Behind the family is their one-room claim shack.
Red ID: PH_I_144559 Image ID: 105585 Image Notes: 00055-00013

Collection: 00055 Digitized Images from Collection
Title: Arthur Benson Gilbert Photograph Collection
Date: 1880-1920

Summary: Images of agriculture, the Nonpartisan League, and buildings. Many of the images were used in the Nonpartisan Leader. Photographs were taken in Bismarck, Brantford, Buffalo Spring, Esmond, Fargo, Hekton, McKenzie, Pretty Rock, Williston and Wyndmere (N.D.).

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