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These two images show a group of people, possibly family members, standing in front of J.M. Ray's sod house located about six miles northwest of Almena, 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: 1887
Item Number: 305639
Call Number: FK2.N4.75.R *1-2
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 305639
Built Environment - Function - Domestic - Single Dwelling
Built Environment - Materials - Earth - Sod
Collections - Photograph
Date - 1880s - 1887
Home and Family - Families
Home and Family - Residences - Sod houses
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Photograph
Places - Cities and towns - Almena
Places - Counties - Norton
Type of Material - Photographs
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