Finger Family Farm, Berthold Township, North Dakota, 1916-1917
THF289047 / Finger Family Farm, Berthold Township, North Dakota, 1916-1917
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Artifact Overview
This photograph shows the young Finger family on their 240-acre "bonanza" farm. They raised grain for market, but also grew feed for their poultry, pigs, horse, and dairy cow. Their farm, two miles east of the Great Northern Railroad depot in Berthold, N.D., gave them market access, while living on a Rural Federal Delivery mail route and telephone line right-of-way connected them beyond Berthold.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Photographic print
Subject Date
1916-1917
Collection Title
Location
Not on exhibit to the public.
Object ID
2017.20.1
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of June Siebert.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Gelatin silver process
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: undefined in
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Inscriptions
handwritten twice on back:
Fred Finger Residence / Berthold North Dakota
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