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  • Collection: Shurtliff Family Collection

Busting Sod

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Busting sod. Martin Larsen is on a water wagon. Ethel Shurtliff is standing. Hazel Shurtliff is in the plowing in a bonnet. Ben Johnson is standing with his arms folded. Jim and Harry Shurtliff are on a tractor. Lilly Shurtliff is standing in the…

Breaking Sod

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Plowing a field at the James Shurtliff Green River Ranch in Stark County, ND. Jim Shurtliff and hired hands are on the tractor. Ethel Shurtliff is standing on the plow. Hazel Shurtliff is standing in the field.

Bad Men of the West

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Willie Hartley and Jim Shurtliff standing, leaning on rifles, outside a house with a pile of dead rabbits and other animals. Etched into the emulsion at the top is, "BAD MEN OF THE WEST." William Hartley is Jim's cousin. He is the son of Sarah Ellen…

Anna Shurtliff

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Anna Shurtliff leading two horses in a field.

A Thoroughbred Bronco Twister

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Julius Larsen on a horse holding a lariat. Etched into the emulsion at the bottom is, "A THOROUGH BRED / BRONCO TWISTER."

A Line Up for Spring

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A line of 13 horses standing in a snow-covered field at the Shurtliff Green River Ranch in Stark County, ND. Holding the reins of the horses from left to right are, an unidentified man, Harry Shurtliff, Anna Shurtliff, an unidentified woman and Ethel…

3 men on horse-drawn plows

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3 men on horse-drawn plows in a field. From left to right, a hired man, Jim Shurtliff and Martin Larsen.