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Collection Overview

Title: United StatesAdd to your cart.

ID: VMA/RG03/ARCH.Photos.01/Series 1 US

Extent: 8.8 Linear Feet. More info below.

Arrangement: This collection is intellectually arranged alphabetically, by state, then county, then city.  Each state is given its own sub-series, though not all sub-series hold materials.  Physically, the photographs are boxed by size.

Forms of Material: Photographs

Scope and Contents of the Materials

A collection of Norwegian-American photographs relating to locations around the United States.

Administrative Information

Repository: Vesterheim Norwegian-American Museum Archives

Alternate Extent Statement: 22 boxes; 7 small boxes, 8 medium boxes, and 7 large boxes

Use Restrictions: May be reproduced with written permission from Vesterheim collections staff or executive director.  Though Vesterheim Norwegian-American Museum may hold the property rights, Vesterheim might not hold the copyrights for materials.  Individuals may use materials for non-commercial, private use, but commercial users must secure permissions from the copyright holders and Vesterheim Norwegian-American Museum to reproduce, publish, or quote protected materials and photographs.


Box and Folder Listing


Browse by Series:

[Series 1: Alabama],
[Series 2: Alaska],
[Series 3: Arizona],
[Series 4: Arkansas],
[Series 5: California],
[Series 6: Colorado],
[Series 7: Connecticut],
[Series 8: Dakota Territory],
[Series 9: Delaware],
[Series 10: Florida],
[Series 11: Georgia],
[Series 12: Hawaii],
[Series 13: Idaho],
[Series 14: Illinois],
[Series 15: Indiana],
[Series 16: Iowa],
[Series 17: Kansas],
[Series 18: Kentucky],
[Series 19: Louisiana],
[Series 20: Maine],
[Series 21: Maryland],
[Series 22: Massachusetts],
[Series 23: Michigan],
[Series 24: Minnesota],
[Series 25: Mississippi],
[Series 26: Missouri],
[Series 27: Montana],
[Series 28: Nebraska],
[Series 29: Nevada],
[Series 30: New Hampshire],
[Series 31: New Jersey],
[Series 32: New Mexico],
[Series 33: New York],
[Series 34: North Carolina],
[Series 35: North Dakota],
[Series 36: Ohio],
[Series 37: Oklahoma],
[Series 38: Oregon],
[Series 39: Pennsylvania],
[Series 40: Rhode Island],
[Series 41: South Carolina],
[Series 42: South Dakota],
[Series 43: Tennessee],
[Series 44: Texas],
[Series 45: Utah],
[Series 46: Vermont],
[Series 47: Virginia],
[Series 48: Washington],
[Series 49: West Virginia],
[Series 50: Wisconsin],
[Series 51: Wyoming],
[All]

Series 2: AlaskaAdd to your cart.
Box 1Add to your cart.
Item 1: Totem poles at Sitka National MonumentAdd to your cart.
Other Information: cultural, landmark
Item 2: Path at Sitka National MonumentAdd to your cart.
Other Information: cultural, landmark, nature
Box 8Add to your cart.
Item 1: Child's Glacier, Copper RiverAdd to your cart.
Other Information: nature
Item 2: Ketchikan Seamen's Mission, Ketchikan, AlaskaAdd to your cart.
Says "Ketchikan Seamna's Home" on photo and "Ketchikan Seamen's Mission" in a note on the reverse side.
Other Information: business, home, organization
Physical Description: Photographic Print
Related Material: Related to Locations-United States-Box 16-Items 1 and 2
Item 3: "Eni" Club Room, NomeAdd to your cart.
Other Information: organization
Item 4: Igloo Reindeer Fair, north of NomeAdd to your cart.
Pictures an Eskimo and reindeer
Other Information: event, people
Physical Description: Photographic Print
Item 5: Taku GlacierAdd to your cart.
Photograph by Lomen Bros., Nome; note on envelope that it was near Nome, but a note by that says 'No'
Other Information: landmark, nature
Physical Description: Photographic Print
Item 6: "A Foggy Morning on the Trail in NW Alaska"Add to your cart.
Photograph by Lomen Bros., Nome; possibly near Nome; shows an Eskimo being pulled on a sled by a reindeer
Other Information: people
Physical Description: Photographic Print
Item 7: Dutch HarborAdd to your cart.
Photograph by Lomen Bros., Nome; note on envelope that it was near Nome, but another note says 'No'; aerial view of the harbor
Other Information: town
Physical Description: Photographic Print
Item 8: Alaskan Cotton FieldAdd to your cart.
Photograph by Lomen Bros., Nome; possibly near Nome
Other Information: farm, nature
Physical Description: Photographic Print
Item 9: Bird's eye view of Nome from Lane's Derrick, Nome, 1903Add to your cart.
Photograph by Lomen Bros., Nome
Other Information: town
Physical Description: Photographic Print
Item 10: View of bay and mountains from Sitka National Monument, SitkaAdd to your cart.
Photograph by E.W. Merrill, Sitka
Other Information: landmark, nature
Physical Description: Photographic Print
Item 11: "Bering Sea After a Storm"Add to your cart.
Photograph by Lomen Bros., Nome; possibly near Nome
Other Information: children, nature, people
Physical Description: Photographic Print
Item 12: Indian River Cascade, Sitka National Monument, SitkaAdd to your cart.
Photograph by E.W. Merrill, Sitka
Other Information: landmark, nature
Physical Description: Photographic Print
Item 13: Roadway and Second Growth Timber, Sitka National Monument, SitkaAdd to your cart.
Photograph by E.W. Merrill, Sitka
Other Information: landmark, nature
Physical Description: Photographic Print
Item 14: Government Bridge across Indian River, Sitka National Monument, SitkaAdd to your cart.
Photograph by E.W. Merrill, Sitka
Other Information: landmark, nature, people
Physical Description: Photographic Print
Item 15: View of Sitka and Mt. Edgecombe from Sitka National Monument, SitkaAdd to your cart.
Photograph by E.W. Merrill, Sitka
Other Information: landmark, town
Physical Description: Photographic Print
Item 16: Totem poles, Sitka National Monument, SitkaAdd to your cart.
Totem poles are on the site of an Indian village destroyed by Russians in 1802; the large totem in foreground is perhaps the best specimen of Indian carving now remaining; photograph by E.W. Merrill, Sitka
Other Information: cultural, landmark
Physical Description: Photographic Print
Item 17: Timber, Sitka National Monument, SitkaAdd to your cart.
Old timber, showing preservation fallen timber - cut in 1804. Second growth tree; photograph by E.W. Miller, Sitka
Other Information: landmark, nature
Physical Description: Photographic Print; edges are tearing
Item 18: SkagwayAdd to your cart.
View over the bay of the town in the distance; photograph by Lomen Bros., Nome
Other Information: town
Physical Description: Photographic Print
Item 19: Snow GulchAdd to your cart.
Looking down snow gulch, showing glacier benches in distance, northwest Alaska; possibly near Nome; photograph by Lomen Bros., Nome
Other Information: nature
Physical Description: Photographic Print
Item 20: Greek Church Interior, UnalaskaAdd to your cart.
Photograph by Lomen Bros., Nome
Other Information: church
Physical Description: Photographic Print
Box 16Add to your cart.
Item 1: Ketchikan Seaman's Home, Ketchikan, AlaskaAdd to your cart.
Picture of boarding house in Ketchikan, Alaska
Other Information: business
Physical Description: Photographic Print
Related Material: Related to Location United States, Box 16, Item 2 and Box 8, Item 2
Item 2: Ketchikan Seaman's Home, Ketchikan, AlaskaAdd to your cart.
Picture of boarding house in Ketchikan, Alaska
Other Information: business
Physical Description: Photographic Print
Related Material: Related to Location United States, Box 16, Item 1 and Box 8, Item 2
Item 3: Eskimos with Reindeer SledsAdd to your cart.
Four Eskimos with two sleds pulled by reindeer
Other Information: cultural, outdoor, people, posed
Physical Description: Photographic Print
Item 4: Eskimo Mission, Teller, AlaskaAdd to your cart.
Two buildings identified as the mission center for Eskimos in Teller, Alaska
Other Information: organization, town
Physical Description: photographic Print
Related Material: Related to Location United States, Box 16, Item 5
Item 5: Eskimo Mission, Teller, AlaskaAdd to your cart.
Two buildings identified as the mission center for Eskimos in Teller, Alaska
Other Information: organization, town
Physical Description: photographic Print
Related Material: Related to Location United States, Box 16, Item 4

Browse by Series:

[Series 1: Alabama],
[Series 2: Alaska],
[Series 3: Arizona],
[Series 4: Arkansas],
[Series 5: California],
[Series 6: Colorado],
[Series 7: Connecticut],
[Series 8: Dakota Territory],
[Series 9: Delaware],
[Series 10: Florida],
[Series 11: Georgia],
[Series 12: Hawaii],
[Series 13: Idaho],
[Series 14: Illinois],
[Series 15: Indiana],
[Series 16: Iowa],
[Series 17: Kansas],
[Series 18: Kentucky],
[Series 19: Louisiana],
[Series 20: Maine],
[Series 21: Maryland],
[Series 22: Massachusetts],
[Series 23: Michigan],
[Series 24: Minnesota],
[Series 25: Mississippi],
[Series 26: Missouri],
[Series 27: Montana],
[Series 28: Nebraska],
[Series 29: Nevada],
[Series 30: New Hampshire],
[Series 31: New Jersey],
[Series 32: New Mexico],
[Series 33: New York],
[Series 34: North Carolina],
[Series 35: North Dakota],
[Series 36: Ohio],
[Series 37: Oklahoma],
[Series 38: Oregon],
[Series 39: Pennsylvania],
[Series 40: Rhode Island],
[Series 41: South Carolina],
[Series 42: South Dakota],
[Series 43: Tennessee],
[Series 44: Texas],
[Series 45: Utah],
[Series 46: Vermont],
[Series 47: Virginia],
[Series 48: Washington],
[Series 49: West Virginia],
[Series 50: Wisconsin],
[Series 51: Wyoming],
[All]