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Jessica Fleck
Jessica Fleck ✭
June 19, 2022 edited June 21, 2022 in Memories
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Trying to transcribe information based off of: LHZ7-67M

This is on the back of some family photos

Can anyone read them?

Seems to be written with Palmer Business writing


draft of transcription:

BACK OF TOP PICTURE:

This is a pr* rock granary - 

built a few years after the sod house

We lived in it while our frame

house was being built in 1914.


In this picture w/ us was our grand

parents - my mothers father and mother -

Mr & Mrs John Kahrhoff 

The two children I marked are the

ones born in the sod house

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BOTTOM LEFT PICTURE:

Homestead of Michael Thomas Banning - 1905 on Ice


The sod house was built in spring & summer of 1905.


this picture was taken about 1913 -

The p* names ws pr*s * the

rider was Adela Banning who was

about 13 yrs old at the time


I'm now living in Flasher N. D.

about 9 1/2 miles S. E of the old

homestead.


Behind the pony was the dug out house


Mrs. Adela Mahrer

P.O. Box 107

Flaska N.D. 58535

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RIGHT BOTTOM PICTURE:

A gathering of our grandparents - & neighbors - all were homesteaders

The ?cross? indicates Michael & Mary Banning

the owners of the sod house.

The ?dy that is blurred is the girl born

in the sod house - her name


Agatha Banning Peters

8408 Berkley S.W.

Tacoma Wash. 98498


John & Mary K*koff

Edward Banning

Adela "

Mary & Martin Tim?sons

Mary & Agatha Banning

Blandina Banning - No?a? Whitcomb

Anna Tim*s Hulda B*g

N* Z* & baby

Michael T Banning

Mary Tim?ons

?* Zem*ck & little boy

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  • genthusiast
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    June 19, 2022 edited June 19, 2022

    Here is a brief attempt at transcription:


    BACK OF TOP PICTURE:


    This is a prarie rock granary - 

    built a few years after the sod house

    We lived in it while our frame

    house was being built in 1914.


    In this picture w/ us was our grand

    parents - my mothers father and mother -

    Mr & Mrs John Ko?mkoff 

    The two children I marked are the

    ones born in the sod house


    BOTTOM LEFT PICTURE:


    Homestead of Michael Thomas B*g - 1905

    on Ice


    The sod house was built in spring &

    summer of 1905.


    this picture was taken about 1913 -

    The p* names ws pr*s * the

    rider was Adela ?Banning? who was

    about 13 yr old at the time


    I'm now living in Flaska N. D.

    about 9 1/2 miles S. E of the old

    homestead.

    Behind the ?on? was the dug out house


    Mrs. Adel? ?Makrov?

    P.O. Box 107

    Flaska N.D. 58535



    RIGHT BOTTOM PICTURE:


    A gathering of our grandparents -

    & neighbors - all were homesteaders

    The ?cross? indicates Michael & Mary B* -

    the owners of the sod house.

    The ?dy that is blurred is the girl born

    in the sod house - her name


    Agatha B* Peters

    8408 Berkley S.W.

    Tacoma Wash. 98498


    John & Mary K*koff

    Edward B*

    Adela "

    Mary & Martin Tim?sons

    Mary & Agatha B*g

    B?onf?a B*g - No?a? Whitcomb

    Anna Tim*s Hulda B*g

    N* Z* & baby

    Michael T B*ing

    Mary Tim?ons

    ?* Zem*ck & little boy

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  • Michæl
    Michæl ✭
    July 12, 2022 edited July 12, 2022

    Bottom left picture edits:

    ...

    Her pony's name was princess & the

    ...

    Behind the pony was the dug out house


    Bottom right picture edits:

    ...

    The baby that is blurred is the girl born

    ...

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