Photograph of a Sod House
by J. W. Pointer
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[Nebraska] [Photography] J. W. Pointer. Untitled Photograph of a Sod House. West Union, Neb.: J. W. Pointer. [Circa 1890-1900?] Cabinet card. 17 x 21.8 cm 0n mount 20 x 25.4 cm. Edges of the mount show wear. Photograph s very good.
OCLC shows no holdings for this photographer. He is not in Langdon's List of 19th & Early 20th Century Photographers. The sod house was an alternative to the log cabin during frontier settlement of the Great Plains when there was a lack of timber for building. Settler families tended to live in their sod houses six or seven years. - "Living in a Sod House," Nebraskastudies.org Photograph shows a family group, with men on horseback, children and a dog outside a sod house. Pointer is named in Paddock, A Brief History of Malvern, [Iowa] 1917: "J. W. Pointer is our new picture man." This entry is for 1901. There is another entry for 1904 listing an assistant at Pointer's Gallery. Malvern is across the river from Nebraska.Reviews
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- Seller
- WILLIAM ALLISON BOOKS (US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 21055
- Title
- Photograph of a Sod House
- Author
- J. W. Pointer
- Format/Binding
- Photograph
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Place of Publication
- West Union, Neb.
- Date Published
- 1890
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- pioneers great plains settlers women
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