Photograph
Siri Rustebakke with Women and Spinning Wheels
Siri Rustebakke, center, sits in front of a house with her daughters and daughter-in-law and four spinning wheels. Original negative c109. Compare with D31-260. Siri Rustebakke and her husband, Amund, left the Begna Valley of Valdres, Norway, in 1866 and settled in Section 27 in the Town of Black Earth. They moved to Webster County, Iowa, in 1875. |
Image ID: | 26517 |
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Creation Date: | circa 1873 |
Creator Name: | Dahl, Andreas Larsen, 1844-1923 |
City: | Black Earth |
County: | Dane |
State: | Wisconsin |
Collection Name: | Andreas Larsen Dahl photographs, 1870-1880, 1910-1915 |
Genre: | Photograph |
Original Format Type: | negative, original |
Original Format Number: | (D31)259 |
Original Dimensions: | 4 x 5 inches |
The caption on the original stereograph reads: "Manufacturing Company of Black Earth", and suggests that the women may have contracted to spin yarn for their neighbors. |
Sewing |
Farmhouses |
Household furnishings |
Women |
Dresses |
Spinning-wheel |
Dwellings |
Plants |
Outdoor photography |
Portraits, Group |
Chairs |
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Location: | Wisconsin Historical Society Archives, 4th Floor, Madison, Wisconsin |
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