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The Kern family seated in front of their sod house in 1886, holding slices of an enormous melon as if to show off their prosperity and the bounty of their land. (Courtesy Nebraska State Historical Society [Digital ID nbhips 10026].).

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  1. The Kern family seated in front of their sod house in 1886, holding slices of an enormous melon as if to show off their prosperity and the bounty of their land. (Courtesy Nebraska State Historical Society [Digital ID nbhips 10026].)

  2. The Shores family, one of the African-American families that came to settle on the Great Plains, whose formal pose, with their sod house and other possessions displayed behind them, conveys a strong sense of accomplishment and determination to stay on their own land. (Courtesy Nebraska State Historical Society [Digital ID nbhips 10527].)

  3. A Pioneer Settler of the "Old West," which shows a man posing proudly on his well-stocked homestead, with his hut-shaped sod house in the background. (Reproduction No. 2028.260, courtesy The Fred Hultstrand History in Pictures Collection, North Dakota Institute for Regional Studies, NDSU, Fargo, ND.)

  4. O Give Me a Home Where the Buffalo Roam, which shows an older and a younger couple posed in front of a sod house with a bicycle leaning against it. (Reproduction No. 2028.026, courtesy The Fred Hultstrand History in Pictures Collection, North Dakota Institute for Regional Studies, NDSU, Fargo, ND.)

  5. Raising a Fine Family of Pioneers, which shows a family of ten dressed in their best and posed in front of their almost windowless sod house. (Reproduction No. 2028.108, courtesy The Fred Hultstrand History in Pictures Collection, North Dakota Institute for Regional Studies, NDSU, Fargo, ND.)

  6. Mr. and Mrs. David Vincent and Daughter, Martha, which shows a young family, also dressed in their best, posing with their horses in front of their sod house. (Reproduction No. 2028.007, courtesy The Fred Hultstrand History in Pictures Collection, North Dakota Institute for Regional Studies, NDSU, Fargo, ND.)

  7. Waiting for the Right Girls to Come Along, which shows two young men posing stylishly in front of a somewhat overgrown sod house. (Reproduction No. 2028.110, courtesy The Fred Hultstrand History in Pictures Collection, North Dakota Institute for Regional Studies, NDSU, Fargo, ND.)

  8. I Loved a Lassie as Fair as Can Be, which shows a young woman in a pink dress and bonnet smiling for the photographer in front of her sod house. (Reproduction No. 2028.050, courtesy The Fred Hultstrand History in Pictures Collection, North Dakota Institute for Regional Studies, NDSU, Fargo, ND.)

  9. All the Comforts of the Waldorf Astoria, which shows an elegantly dressed family posing in front of a sod house that has gained a wood-frame addition in the rear. (Reproduction No. 2028.105, courtesy The Fred Hultstrand History in Pictures Collection, North Dakota Institute for Regional Studies, NDSU, Fargo, ND.)

  10. Visit from the Neighbors, which shows a group of parents and children posing in winter in front of a sod house. (Reproduction No. 2028.094, courtesy The Fred Hultstrand History in Pictures Collection, North Dakota Institute for Regional Studies, NDSU, Fargo, ND.)

  11. Interior of Elling Ohnstad Sod House, photographed in 1923, showing how settlers smoothed and whitewashed the interior walls of sod houses and fitted them for comfortable living. (Reproduction No. 2028.078 and 2028.075, courtesy The Fred Hultstrand History in Pictures Collection, North Dakota Institute for Regional Studies, NDSU, Fargo, ND.)

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