Original Caption: Baltic, South Dakota, typical of many rural communities all over the United States, goes to the polls during the November, 1948 presidential election. In this little Norwegian farm community, Mrs. T.H. Fresdahl, age 82, casts her vote. Mrs. Fresdahl was the first baby to be born in Fort Dakota, a pioneer outpost fort at which her father was a soldier. This was when the Dakotas were Indian country. Ft. Dakota was located approximately where Sioux Falls, S.D. now stands. Mrs. Fresdahl is proud of her pioneer heritage and proud that she has never missed voting in a presidential election since woman suffrage became effective, in 1920. Source: State Dept. Photo – Ramsey
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