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Rural Life in the Late 19th Century

North Dakota in the 1890s - A Photo Collage

Despite hardships, farm and small town life has always appealed to a large number of Americans. In the pictures from The Northern Great Plains, 1880-1920, below, look for evidence of both the hardships and satisfactions of life on farms and in small towns in the 1890s. How has this lifestyle changed and remained the same?

Note: The color photographs were hand tinted. Click on the title to see a both a black-and-white and a hand tinted color version. To access a larger copy of a photograph, click on the image. View additional photographs from The Northern Great Plains, 1880-1920. Use your browser's Back Button to return to this point.

home interior

Harmony in the home, Fairdale, North Dakota, 189?

 dining room

Dining room or home in Park River, North Dakota, 1899
Nelson farm

Nelson farm near Milton, North Dakota, 189?

 Baker sod house

Baker sod house and barn, Osnabrock, North Dakota, 1893
Thorson Brothers store

Thorson Brothers store, Park River, North Dakota, 1899

 Anderson's drug store

Henry Anderson's drug store, Park River, North Dakota, 1899
farm machinery deal

Farm machinery deal, Park River, North Dakota, 1899

 threshing machine

Hulstrand's threshing machine, Soper, North Dakota, 1895
Milton, North Dakota

Pioneer of Milton, North Dakota, 1888

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Note: The color photographs were hand tinted. Click on the title to see a both a black-and-white and a hand tinted color version. To access a larger copy of a photograph, click on the image. View additional photographs from The Northern Great Plains, 1880-1920. Use your browser's Back Button to return to this point.

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