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Collection: 00055 - Arthur Benson Gilbert Photograph Collection
Folder: 0002
Item: 00026
Title: Family on farm poses as they feed chickens
Date: 1917-1918
Creator: Gilbert, Arthur Benson
Inscription/Marks: [back in black ink] Col. 55-26. FN9/x19 A Farm Scene in North Dakota. (From Non-Partisan League collection.) Donor: A. B. Gilbert Mound, Minnesota. [back in red ink stamp] RECEIVED BY MUSEUM FEB 25 1935 MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY. [back-black ink stamp] FROM MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY. [back in pencil] EM94/1.
Summary: Used in a newspaper article, the Gilbert photograph shows a man holding child, a woman in a dress and apron, holding feed bucket, in front of a small barn. Chickens by the dozen are feeding on the ground in front of them. In the background, beyond the barn is a thresher. Two barrels for collecting rain water are beside one side of the barn, and beyond them is an horse drawn piece of equipment. The background has been retouched to eliminate some of the distractions. Published in Nonpartisan Leader Vol. 6, No. 1, January 7, 1918, p13. __[Nonpartisan Leader Vol. 6, No. 1, January 7, 1918, p13] Article Title: The Farm Woman's Page. South Dakota Woman Tells What the Nonpartisan League Means to Her. Caption: From Homes like This. From homes like this, as well as from prosperous farms in the older farming sections, women wrote what the League means to them.
Red ID: PH_I_144573 Image ID: 105599 Image Notes: 00055-00026

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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