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This Is What Life in North Dakota Looked Like in 1935
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<blockquote data-quote="Vollmer" data-source="post: 76224" data-attributes="member: 8014"><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'arial'">It was a simpler time in North Dakota back in the late 1930s. It was also a time of hardships due to harsh droughts. We can only imagine what life was like back then, but photography preserves a window into what it was like to live back then. Take a trip back in time with these amazing rare photographs.</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><strong>1. “Farmers in town Saturday afternoon, Williston, North Dakota”</strong></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><img src="http://cdn.onlyinyourstate.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/8a22438v-700x500.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="color: #999999"><a href="http://photogrammar.yale.edu/records/index.php?record=fsa1997022375/PP" target="_blank">Russell Lee/yale.edu</a></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><strong>2. “Railroad station, Fargo, North Dakota”</strong></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><img src="http://cdn.onlyinyourstate.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/3c29111v-700x563.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="color: #999999"><a href="http://photogrammar.yale.edu/records/index.php?record=fsa1997011024/PP" target="_blank">Arthur Rothstein/yale.edu</a></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><strong>3. “Mrs. Olie Thompson ready to drive home from the spring with barrels full of water. Williams County, North Dakota”</strong></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><img src="http://cdn.onlyinyourstate.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/8a22196v-700x502.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="color: #999999"><a href="http://photogrammar.yale.edu/records/index.php?record=fsa1997022110/PP" target="_blank">Russell Lee/yale.edu</a></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><strong>4. “Six-man football, Wildrose, Williams County, North Dakota. High schools have fallen off so much in attendance that many smaller towns play with six men instead of eleven”</strong></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><img src="http://cdn.onlyinyourstate.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/8a22477v-700x498.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="color: #999999"><a href="http://photogrammar.yale.edu/records/index.php?record=fsa1997022414/PP" target="_blank">Russell Lee/yale.edu</a></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><strong>5. “The Frank Weeks family living on farm near Williston, North Dakota”</strong></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><img src="http://cdn.onlyinyourstate.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/8b19854v-700x516.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="color: #999999"><a href="http://photogrammar.yale.edu/records/index.php?record=fsa2000011615/PP" target="_blank">Russell Lee/yale.edu</a></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><strong>6. “Two men eating breakfast in cafe, Granville, North Dakota”</strong></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><img src="http://cdn.onlyinyourstate.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/8a22469v-700x489.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="color: #999999"><a href="http://photogrammar.yale.edu/records/index.php?record=fsa1997022406/PP" target="_blank">Russell Lee/yale.edu</a></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><strong>7. “Education in rural school. Williams County, North Dakota”</strong></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><img src="http://cdn.onlyinyourstate.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/8b20007v-700x535.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="color: #999999"><a href="http://photogrammar.yale.edu/records/index.php?record=fsa2000011928/PP" target="_blank">Russell Lee/yale.edu</a></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><strong>8. “Used tires. Minot, North Dakota”</strong></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><img src="http://cdn.onlyinyourstate.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/8b20081v-700x522.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="color: #999999"><a href="http://photogrammar.yale.edu/records/index.php?record=fsa2000012008/PP" target="_blank">Russell Lee/yale.edu</a></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><strong>9. “Family of Olaf Fugelberg, farmer. Williams County, North Dakota”</strong></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><img src="http://cdn.onlyinyourstate.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/8c22309v-700x517.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="color: #999999"><a href="http://photogrammar.yale.edu/records/index.php?record=fsa2000011610/PP" target="_blank">Russell Lee/yale.edu</a></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><strong>10. “General store. Rawson, McKenzie County, North Dakota”</strong></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><img src="http://cdn.onlyinyourstate.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/8c52661v-700x558.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><span style="color: #999999"><a href="http://photogrammar.yale.edu/records/index.php?record=fsa2000012199/PP" target="_blank">Russell Lee/yale.edu</a></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'arial'">Does your family have any stories from the past, or any vintage photographs of North Dakota? </span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Vollmer, post: 76224, member: 8014"] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=arial]It was a simpler time in North Dakota back in the late 1930s. It was also a time of hardships due to harsh droughts. We can only imagine what life was like back then, but photography preserves a window into what it was like to live back then. Take a trip back in time with these amazing rare photographs.[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=arial][B]1. “Farmers in town Saturday afternoon, Williston, North Dakota”[/B] [IMG]http://cdn.onlyinyourstate.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/8a22438v-700x500.jpg[/IMG] [COLOR=#999999][URL="http://photogrammar.yale.edu/records/index.php?record=fsa1997022375/PP"]Russell Lee/yale.edu[/URL][/COLOR] [B]2. “Railroad station, Fargo, North Dakota”[/B] [IMG]http://cdn.onlyinyourstate.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/3c29111v-700x563.jpg[/IMG] [COLOR=#999999][URL="http://photogrammar.yale.edu/records/index.php?record=fsa1997011024/PP"]Arthur Rothstein/yale.edu[/URL][/COLOR] [B]3. “Mrs. Olie Thompson ready to drive home from the spring with barrels full of water. Williams County, North Dakota”[/B] [IMG]http://cdn.onlyinyourstate.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/8a22196v-700x502.jpg[/IMG] [COLOR=#999999][URL="http://photogrammar.yale.edu/records/index.php?record=fsa1997022110/PP"]Russell Lee/yale.edu[/URL][/COLOR] [B]4. “Six-man football, Wildrose, Williams County, North Dakota. High schools have fallen off so much in attendance that many smaller towns play with six men instead of eleven”[/B] [IMG]http://cdn.onlyinyourstate.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/8a22477v-700x498.jpg[/IMG] [COLOR=#999999][URL="http://photogrammar.yale.edu/records/index.php?record=fsa1997022414/PP"]Russell Lee/yale.edu[/URL][/COLOR] [B]5. “The Frank Weeks family living on farm near Williston, North Dakota”[/B] [IMG]http://cdn.onlyinyourstate.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/8b19854v-700x516.jpg[/IMG] [COLOR=#999999][URL="http://photogrammar.yale.edu/records/index.php?record=fsa2000011615/PP"]Russell Lee/yale.edu[/URL][/COLOR] [B]6. “Two men eating breakfast in cafe, Granville, North Dakota”[/B] [IMG]http://cdn.onlyinyourstate.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/8a22469v-700x489.jpg[/IMG] [COLOR=#999999][URL="http://photogrammar.yale.edu/records/index.php?record=fsa1997022406/PP"]Russell Lee/yale.edu[/URL][/COLOR] [B]7. “Education in rural school. Williams County, North Dakota”[/B] [IMG]http://cdn.onlyinyourstate.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/8b20007v-700x535.jpg[/IMG] [COLOR=#999999][URL="http://photogrammar.yale.edu/records/index.php?record=fsa2000011928/PP"]Russell Lee/yale.edu[/URL][/COLOR] [B]8. “Used tires. Minot, North Dakota”[/B] [IMG]http://cdn.onlyinyourstate.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/8b20081v-700x522.jpg[/IMG] [COLOR=#999999][URL="http://photogrammar.yale.edu/records/index.php?record=fsa2000012008/PP"]Russell Lee/yale.edu[/URL][/COLOR] [B]9. “Family of Olaf Fugelberg, farmer. Williams County, North Dakota”[/B] [IMG]http://cdn.onlyinyourstate.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/8c22309v-700x517.jpg[/IMG] [COLOR=#999999][URL="http://photogrammar.yale.edu/records/index.php?record=fsa2000011610/PP"]Russell Lee/yale.edu[/URL][/COLOR] [B]10. “General store. Rawson, McKenzie County, North Dakota”[/B] [IMG]http://cdn.onlyinyourstate.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/8c52661v-700x558.jpg[/IMG] [COLOR=#999999][URL="http://photogrammar.yale.edu/records/index.php?record=fsa2000012199/PP"]Russell Lee/yale.edu[/URL][/COLOR] [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=arial]Does your family have any stories from the past, or any vintage photographs of North Dakota? [/FONT][/COLOR] [/QUOTE]
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