[Montana]

The Story of Our Home [manuscript title]

[Medicine Lake, Mt.]: 1919-1938. [90]pp., containing 147 photographs, as well as newspaper clippings, ephemera, and several manuscripts. Folio. Original green cloth, stamped in black. Light soiling and wear to covers. Internally clean, one or two items loose. Very good. Item #2573

A charming scrapbook kept by Antoinette (Olsen) Faaborg, documenting her married life. Antoinette (1891-1969) married Simon Carl Faaborg (1885-1938) in North Dakota in 1919, settling afterward in Medicine Lake, Montana. At the time, Medicine Lake had a population of about 300 people. Clippings in the album indicate that Simon was a banker, originally from Iowa, who served for a year during the Great War before marrying Antoinette. The couple had a daughter, Norma Lucia. Images here show their wedding photos, their early life together, and their daughter's childhood. There are images of their house, the bank, of Simon in his military uniform, and numerous family events. There are also many Christmas cards, newspaper clippings, and other ephemeral memorial items included. Altogether, an interesting portrait of one family's life together over twenty years in Montana.

Price: $450.00