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Photographs of Norfolk, Nebraska, and the Norfolk Beet Sugar Factory

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Description: A disbound album of 101 photographs of the town of Norfolk, Nebraska, showing residences, businesses and civic buildings, and focusing on the activities at the Norfolk Beet Sugar Factory. Several images show men and children working inside the beet sugar factory, while some show men, women, and children harvesting beets. More than two dozen photographs show the exteriors of houses in the town, some with people standing on the porches or front lawns. Two photographs show sod houses made of rough bricks and sod. In addition to street views of several city blocks and exterior views of buildings including the Nebraska State Hospital for the Insane at Norfolk, hotels, the high school, train depot, fire department, and commercial store fronts (with one building showing a sign for "Tillotson & Thompson Photograph Gallery"). There are also interior images of a clothing store, a dried goods store, a horse tack store, a shoe store, a jewelry story, and a butcher shop.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Production date: approximately 1890-approximately 1895.
Call number: photCL 118
Provenance: Purchased from Peggy Christian Books, September 1960.
Dimensions: images 14 x 10 cm and 23 x 16 cm, mounts 24 x 18 cm
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