Photographs
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View of cars and Old Havana from Fortaleza San Carlos de la Caba
Street scene in Old Havana, Cuba, with cars, men and the sign and shopfront of La Bodeguita del Medio visible
Facade in Old Havana, Cuba
Ornate facade in Old Havana, Cuba
Architecture in Old Havana, Cuba
People standing on balconies in Old Havana, Cuba
Ornate designs on a building in Manzhouli, Manchuria in northern China; written in pencil on the back: Manchouli North China 1924
Ornate sign hanging over store in Manzhouli, Manchuria in northern China; written in pencil on the back: Manchouli North China 1924
The Oscar and Alice Simonson Papers offer an unusually detailed and continuous financial and operational record of a South Dakota family farm from 1941 to 1979, a period that spans World War II, postwar agricultural expansion, and major changes in rural economies. The Farm Family Record Books serve as a rare primary source documenting everyday economic decisions, household consumption, and farming practices in the northern Plains.
Alice Simonson’s precise and sustained recordkeeping provides insight into the role of women in farm management and the intersection of domestic and agricultural labor. Additionally, the accompanying photographs, oral history interview, and personal correspondence contextualize the lived experience of mid-20th-century farm families, enriching research in rural history, agricultural economics, women's studies, and social history.
This collection is valuable for scholars studying rural life, the evolution of federal agricultural policy, and the social fabric of family farming communities in the Midwest.
Simonson, Oscar E., 1913-2014Forest Sterns, Bob Burgess, Richard Forman
Tree surrounded by a small lattice fence in a park in Harbin, China; written in pencil on the back: Park at Harbin 1924
Garden feature by a small lattice fence in a park in Harbin, China; written in pencil on the back: Park at Harbin 1924
Ornamental plantings surrounded by a fence in a park in Harbin, China; written in pencil on the back: Park at Harbin 1924
Ornamental plantings in a park in Harbin, China; written in pencil on the back: Park at Harbin 1924
Ornamental plantings and statuary in a park in Harbin, China; written in pencil on the back: Park at Harbin 1924
Man standing by some ornamental plantings in a park in Harbin, China; written in pencil on the back: Park at Harbin 1924
Ornamental plantings surrounded by a fence in a park in Harbin, China; written in pencil on the back: Park at Harbin 1924
Child running by the ornamental plantings surrounded by a fence in a park in Harbin, China; written in pencil on the back: Park at Harbin 1924
Pear tree in the mountains was photographed as an example during N.E. Hansen's research on pears at Saolin in northern China; written in pencil on the back: Saolin, China my headquarters fro pears in the mountains 1924
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