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This is a photograph of an unidentified family standing in front of their sod house near Norcatur, Decatur County, Kansas. Visible in the photograph is a windmill.
Date: Between 1880 and 1889
Item Number: 214863
Call Number: FK2.D1 .75 *1
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 214863
Agriculture - Environment - Water
Agriculture - Family farming
Agriculture - Structures - Windmills
Built Environment - Function - Agriculture/Subsistence - Agricultural Outbuilding - Windmills
Built Environment - Materials - Earth - Sod
Business and Industry - Occupations/Professions - Farmers
Collections - Photograph
Curriculum - The Kansas Journey - Chapter 1: Home on the Range
Date - 1880s
Environment - Water
Home and Family - Families
Home and Family - Residences - Sod houses
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Photograph
People - Children
People - Men
People - Women
Places - Counties - Decatur
Thematic Time Period - Immigration and Settlement, 1854 - 1890
Type of Material - Photographs
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