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This photograph shows a family standing in front of a sod house in the Albano Township of Stafford County, Kansas. The image was donated by D.A. Cain from Havilland, Kansas. The use of sod was common on the Great Plains for homes and schools due to the lack of wood and other natural resources available.
Date: Between 1870s and 1890s
Item Number: 308895
Call Number: FK2.S9.75 *1
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 308895
Built Environment - Function - Domestic - Single Dwelling
Built Environment - Materials - Earth - Sod
Collections - Photograph
Date - 1870s
Date - 1880s
Date - 1890s
Home and Family - Families
Home and Family - Residences - Sod houses
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Photograph
People - Women
Places - Cities and towns - Haviland
Places - Counties - Kiowa
Places - Counties - Stafford
Type of Material - Photographs
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