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Threshing
scene, rig owned by Ernst Benn, Benson Corners,
N.D., 1903
| Title: |
Nels Johnson threshing, Benson Corner, LaMoure County, N.D. [graphic].
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| Imprint: |
[1903?] |
| Medium: |
1 photographic print on cardboard mount : gelatin silver ; 21 x 41 cm.
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| Part of: |
Benson Corners, N.D. Photograph Collection (Institute for Regional Studies, NDSU, Fargo) |
| Description: |
Wide view of threshing machine in operation, with smoke coming from steam engine, two racks with grain bundles on either side of threshing machine, water wagon by steam engine and other wagons and racks visible. Workers standing on top of wagons and racks. In foreground is man seated in horse-drawn buggy.
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| Notes: |
Title handwritten on back of print. |
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Photographer unknown. |
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"Benson Corner, LaMoure County, N.Dak."--Handwritten on front of mount.
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"N.S. Johnson, 1903"--Handwritten on front of image with arrow pointing to him on the print.
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"The man in the buggy, Ernst Benson, owner of the rig, disappeared when the threshing job was about half completed, leaving his equipment, his men unpaid, and the country. Creditors took over. Not till about 1922 did anybody in these parts hear of him--L. Sackett, 4/4/53 , reporting Wm. Geo. Johnson"--Handwritten on back of print by Sackett.
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| Time Period: |
1900-1909. |
| Location: |
Benson Corners (N.D.) |
| Location: |
La Moure County (N.D.) |
| Subject: |
Threshing -- North Dakota -- Benson Corners |
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Threshing machines -- North Dakota -- Benson Corners |
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Carts & wagons -- North Dakota -- Benson Corners |
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Agricultural laborers -- North Dakota -- Benson Corners |
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Horses -- North Dakota -- Benson Corners |
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Johnson, Nels S. |
| Record Number: |
2VM93-003057 |
| Call Number: |
Folio 40.1 |
| Videodisc Number: |
RS-1-02103 |
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| Credit
Line: |
Institute
for Regional Studies, NDSU, Fargo (Folio 40.1) |
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