Icon Post 41

[blancwene.livejournal.com]

This is becoming a tradition: when I should be hunkering down for exams, I am instead scouring Google for images of Little House on the Prairie and Almanzo Laura's family. This is a very pathetic obsession of mine.

[20] Laura Ingalls Wilder-related

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Many architectural shots, as well as census nerdery:

1. 2. 3. 4.
5. 6. 7. 8.
9. 10. 11. 12.
13. 14. 15. 16.
17. 18. 19. 20.


Credits:
--All pictures from Google Images.
1. A fun road sign!
2. A replica of the Ingalls's cabin in Pepin, Wisconsin.
3. Another sign from Pepin.
4. The Laura Ingalls Wilder museum located there.
5. The 1870 Kansas census. (Carrie is stuck on another page.)
6. Walnut Grove, Minnesota - where baby Freddy was born.
7. The sod house from On the Banks of Plum Creek.
8. And the real Plum Creek as well.
9. The sign says "Little House Reading Marathon."
10. Almanzo in a census. I can't remember the date of this one.
11. The official sign in front of the Wilder Homestead in De Smet, South Dakota.
12. Part of the homestead. I think this might have been part of the tree claim?
13. The 1900 Missouri census. I think the census taker probably guessed about the adults' ages, because Almanzo is listed as being 39 while Laura is 32.
14. The real Mary Ingalls.
15. I love Rocky Ridge farm.
16. The 1920 Missouri census. Now, Almanzo is 61 while Laura is 54.
17. Sign to the entrance of the stone cottage Rose built for her parents.
18-19. More of the stone cottage. It's cute, but Laura and Almanzo preferred the farmhouse.
20. The 1930 Missouri census. Rose is now listed as living at home; I think they finally got the ages correct as well, for Almanzo is 73 while Laura is 63.


Comment. Credit. Enjoy!

Comments

[domluver.livejournal.com]

Little house is awesome! I wish they made more shows how they actually where in the book.

[domluver.livejournal.com]

meaning, the made up person of Albert Ingalls...stupid!

[aellwynde.livejournal.com]

THIS is the coolest icon post ever! I took 3/4s of them, if only just to have. Thank you so much for all the information as well!

[breathingbooks.livejournal.com]

Took 1 - so cute - and will credit. Thanks!

[richlayers.livejournal.com]

That first sign? I went to high school like right next to that sign.

[havocmangawip.livejournal.com]

Mem'd this. Commented in the comm... I live in Jefferson County, WI, where her parents were married. YES, I still squee at that.

[mrs-picasso.livejournal.com]

Thanks for making these! I'll probably take a couple later.

[suchacartoon.livejournal.com]

I LOVE LITTLE HOUSE. I LOVE LAURA INGALLS.

This post made my morning- I'm going to take ALL of them (not really, but most). If only to have them. Thank you!

[butterflymama3.livejournal.com]

That is AWESOME! I love, love, love LHOTP. I still have my boxed set of all the boxes that I got for Chanukah when I was about 9. My sister and I had the colorforms of the house that we played with for hours and hours. Wish that I still had them. One of these days I am going to take a trip out west and trace their routes.

[yaaresse.livejournal.com]

The census nerdery is brilliant!

I keep promising myself I'm going to re-read ALL the LH books. I think I need to really do it now. :)

[shiredancer.livejournal.com]

Oh, these are wonderful -- I'll snag a bunch of them once I get home. I adore the Little House stories and memorabilia. The only site I've seen is Carrie's (?) house in Keystone, but someday one of my dream vacations will be to visit all the sites. *happy sigh* *such an Ingalls!geek*

[singeaddams.livejournal.com]

That's Mary?! She is not at all like I pictured her.

[queen-of-ocd.livejournal.com]

I LOVE THIS POST SO MUCH.

I'm taking the Mary icon. I hope you make more Little House posts in the future! I'd love a Laura one - she was so pretty.

[blancwene.livejournal.com]

Yay for shared Little House love!

Last semester, I made an icon post with more photographs of Laura and her family here (http://community.livejournal.com/granias/8326.html#cutid1); I think this Christmas, though, I'll take down some of my LIW critical works and scan the old family photographs in them for future icons. (As well as my color illustration set of the books, which is lurking somewhere.)

[queen-of-ocd.livejournal.com]

Oh, that's wonderful! Thanks so much!

[deadache139.livejournal.com]

Love the icons--I went to Rocky Ridge in November :)

[lyras.livejournal.com]

I love these, especially the buildings/replicas. Wow, that log cabin looks tiny!

[willow-cabin.livejournal.com]

Saved #2~ thanks! :)

[kkrum.livejournal.com]

these are awesome!! thanks for making these!