Fred Hultstrand

Fred Hultstrand (September 13, 1888 – June 28, 1968) was a professional photographer whose work helped document life in the U.S. state of North Dakota in the early 20th century.

He purchased the photography studio in which he worked for the rest of his days in Park River, North Dakota.

In 1962, the United States Department of the Treasury used one of the photographs that Hultstrand had collected as a basis for a stamp that commemorated the 100th anniversary of the Homestead Act.

It featured the John and Margret Bakken family standing outside of their sod house near the town of Milton.

The government of Norway issued a stamp (Utvandringen til Amerika: Norge) celebrating the 150th anniversary of Norwegian emigration to the United States, using the same photograph.

A 1962 stamp commemorating the centennial of the Homestead Act . It used a photograph collected by Fred Hultstrand as the basis for the art.
The photograph originally taken by John McCarthy, used as the basis for the stamp