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My great grandparents Christine Brita Kristina (Olson) and Anders Alfred Erickson working the fields of their farm in Regan, North Dakota in 1910. In the mid 19th Century a popular style of photography print was the 'Carte de Visite.' It was made of a thin paper photograph mounted on a thicker paper card. By the early 1870s, Cartes de Visite were supplanted by 'Cabinet Cards,' which were also a thin paper print, but larger, mounted on cardboard backs. Cabinet cards remained popular into the early 20th Century, when Kodak introduced the Brownie camera and personal snapshot photography became a mass phenomenon. This photo postcard was written on September 28th, 1911 by my great uncle Helmer Erick Erickson to his brother Frank, who was working at Fort Keogh in Miles City, Montana.
Mr. Frank Erickson |
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