[William Moore and family, Sargent, Custer County, Nebraska]

Archive record

1 photographic print : albumen. | Photograph shows a family group standing in front of farm animals, sod house, and windmill.

About this photograph

A family group stands before a sod house and windmill in Custer County, Nebraska. The archive identifies them as William Moore and family, photographed in Sargent in 1886. Farm animals appear in the composition.

The record attributes the photograph to Solomon D. Butcher but provides no further detail about the family, their origins, or their circumstances. Nothing is known of William Moore's background, occupation beyond farming, or how long the family had been in Nebraska. The caption describes the scene but offers no context about the photographer's documentation of the area or the broader settlement of Custer County during this period.

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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