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This stereograph shows members of the Granville Sheeley family standing in front of their sod house in Norton County, 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.
Creator: Marsh, Ben J., Norton, Kansas
Date: 1887
Item Number: 305640
Call Number: FK2.N4.75.S *1
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 305640
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 - Stereographs
Places - Counties - Norton
Type of Material - Photographs - Format - Stereographs
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