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Title: Rask and Smeder families
Dates: ca. 1895-ca. 1950
Collection Number: 2018-P-075
Quantity: 27 items
Abstract: Consists of portraits of Esther Rask Freeburg, her husband Nick Freeburg and family, and Esther's sister Anna Rask Larson, Anna's husband Gus and their family. Most of the photographs were taken in Mandan or Bismarck (N.D.) or Washington state.
Provenance: The Rask and Smeder Families photograph collection was donated to the SHSND by Janell Martin in October 2018.
Property Rights: The State Historical Society of North Dakota owns the property rights to this collection.
Copyrights: Copyrights to materials in this collection remain with the donor, publisher, author, or author's heirs. Researchers should consult the 1976 Copyright Act, Public Law 94-553, Title 17, U. S. Code and an archivist at this repository if clarification of copyright requirements is needed.
Access: This collection is open under the rules and regulations of the State Historical Society of North Dakota.
Citation: Researchers are requested to cite the collection title, collection number, and the State Historical Society of North Dakota in all footnote and bibliographic references.
PHOTOGRAPHS INVENTORY
00001 Anna and Gus Larson residence, Whatcom (Wash.) ca. 1915
00002 Portrait of Anna Rask Larson ca. 1905
00003 Anna Rask and Gus Larson wedding portrait ca. 1905
00004 Portrait of the children of Anna and Gus Larson: Ruth, Albert, Olivia and Bertha ca. 1912
00005 Esther Rask Freeburg with El Zagal hat ca. 1940
00006 Portrait of Myrtle Freeburg Athey ca. 1925
00007 Portrait of Esther Rask Freeburg ca. 1925
00008 Portrait of Myrtle and Evelyn Freeburg ca. 1910
00009 Esther (Rask) and Nick Freeburg residence, Mandan (N.D.) ca. 1905
00010 Portrait of Esther Rask Freeburg ca. 1925
00011 Portrait of Andrew Smeder ca. 1950
00012 Portrait of Richard Smeder in uniform ca. 1917
00013 Portrait of Ralph Edward and Geraldine Mae Smeder ca. 1929
00014 Portrait of brothers Edward and Richard Smeder ca. 1922
00015 Portrait of Ralph Smeder ca. 1945
00016 Portrait of Mary and Richard Smeder ca. 1922
00017 Baby portrait of Halvor Smeder ca. 1910
00018 Portrait of Halvor Smeder ca. 1928
00019 Portrait of Chas Smeder ca. 1895
00020 Portrait of Myrtle, Herbert, Ludwig and Conrad Smeder ca. 1920
00021 Baby portrait of Myrtle Smeder ca. 1913
00022 Portrait of John O. Anderson holding trumpet in US Navy band uniform ca. 1912
00023 Esther (Rask) and Nick Freeburg on lawn outside their residence, Mandan (N.D.) ca. 1910
00024 Floral memorial at August Smeder funeral, Morton County (N.D.) ca. 2/7/1910
00025 Portrait of Geoffrey and Forrest Athey ca. 1950
00026 Portrait of Esther and Nick Freeburg with their daughter Myrtle in El Zagal hats ca. 1915
00027 Portrait of Gus and Anna Larson with children Ruth, Bertha, Albert and Alma outside home ca. 1915
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