A family group, standing in front of a small sod house in Philip SD. Because of the lack of trees and wood on the American Prairie, early European settlers made their first homes out of blocks of sod

rppc - family in front of sod house - Philip SD. #RPPC #real_photo_post_card #family #soddy #sod_house #Philip #SouthDakota #vintage #photo

1897 cabinet photo of a Nebraska sod house with a group of people standing in front, 1 person sitting on a horse and another horse off to the left.

1897 cabinet photograph of a sod house in Nebraska. #sod_house #soddy #prairie #house #cabinet_photograph #vintage #Nebraska