Homestead Collection

HSET2A-00122
Pioneer clearing land around his log cabin. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Putting in seed on a bonanza farm, 1800s
Seeding grain on a bonanza farm, North Dakota, early 1890s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Danish immigrant homestead, Old World Wisconsin
Pedersen Farm, homestead of Danish immigrants preserved at Old World Wisconsin, Eagle, Wisconsin. Photograph

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Sod house of a homesteader family on the Great Plains, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Dugout home covered with prairie sod
A dugout covered with sod, home of a prairie homesteader, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Sod home of a pioneer family on the plains
Prairie homestead family preparing for winter at their sod home. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Homestead in Dakota Territory, 1800s
Homesteaders cabins marking their claims in the Red River Valley, North Dakota, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Kerosene lamp, Georgia
Kerosene lamp in Chesser Island homestead, built in 1920s, Okefenokee Swamp National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia. Digital photograph

Canadian farm on the frontier, 1800s
Cattle and barns of a Canadian homestead about 1850. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Oklahoma City settlement during the Land Rush, 1889
Founding of Oklahoma City during the land rush of 1889. Hand-colored woodcut reproduction of a 19th-century photograph

Norwegian immigrant homestead, Old World Wisconsin
Kvaale Farm dairy shed of Norwegian immigrants, Old World Wisconsin restored to its 1865 appearance. Photograph

Pioneer Life and Frontier Adventures
Book cover, " Pioneer Life and Frontier Adventures, " by D.C. Peters, Boston, 1880s. Printed color lithograph

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A pioneer familys sod house on the Kansas plains, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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Early settlers of North America clearing land for homes. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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Frontier mother fighting a wolf in a log cabin. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Settlers preparing their prairie homestead for winter
Banking a prairie farm with sod for the winter in Dakota Territory, 1880s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Sod barn of a prairie homestead
Barn made of sod on the Kansas prairie. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Homesteaders in the Rocky Mountains
Pioneer familys homestead in the far west. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Sioux Reservatioin opened to white settlers, 1890
New settlers homesteading on the Sioux Reservation, South Dakota, 1890. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Wisconsin farm of Belgian immigrants, 1800s
Belgian immigrants farm and windmill, Heritage Hill, Green Bay, Wisconsin. Photograph

Neighbors sharing farm work on the Great Plains
Prairie settlers helping a neighbor with his farm work, circa 1900. Hand-colored halftone reproduction of a photograph

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Homesteader plowing a western prairie, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Guthrie, Oklahoma, opened to settlers, 1889
Settlers claiming lots in Guthrie, Oklahoma, 20 minutes after the first train arrived, 1889. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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Pioneers building a log cabin, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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Settlers building fences around a homestead on the frontier, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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Settlers sod house and outbuildings in winter, western prairie, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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Pioneers planting corn on newly cleared land in the backwoods. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Frontier father getting lunch from his daughter
Daughter bringing lunch pail to her father, who is clearing land. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Norwegian immigrant homestead, Old World Wisconsin
Norwegian immigrant farm woman reenactor spinning wool in the Kvaale House, built circa 1848, at Old World Wisconsin, Eagle WI. Digital photograph

AGRI2A-00081
Young woman milking a cow in a pasture. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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Pioneers and their ox-teams plowing the prairies west of the Mississippi, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Homesteaders planting corn on the prairie
Homesteaders dropping seeds to sow corn on the Great Plains, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

AGRI2A-00119
Harvesting wheat on a Dakota bonanza farm, 1880s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Gooseberries in a homestead garden, Wisconsin
Gooseberries in a Scandinavian immigrant garden, Old World Wisconsin, Eagle, Wisconsin. Photograph

BUSN2A-00069
Pinkerton men leaving Carnegie Steel Works during the Homestead Riot, 1892. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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