[Sylvester Rawding family in front of sod house, north of Sargent, Custer County, Nebraska]

Archive record

1 photographic print : albumen. | Photograph shows (from l. to r.) Emma (Leadbetter) Rawding, Sylvester W. Rawding, daughter Bessie, and sons Philip, William, and Harry, sitting and standing in front of their sod house, with a mule team on the right, and a cow on the hillside that forms part of the roof.

About this photograph

The photograph shows Emma Leadbetter Rawding, Sylvester W. Rawding, their daughter Bessie, and sons Philip, William, and Harry posing before their sod house in Custer County, Nebraska. A mule team stands to the right, and a cow grazes on the hillside that forms part of the dwelling's roof.

The image was made by Solomon D. Butcher in 1886. Beyond the names and relationships recorded in the archive caption, nothing further is known about the Rawding family or the circumstances of this photograph.

Compiled from the catalogue record and reference notes on the formats and events involved. The archive record above is the primary source.

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