Portraits (Identified), circa 1865-1997 | Vesterheim Norwegian-American Museum Archives

By Tim Kindseth

Collection Overview

Title: Portraits (Identified), circa 1865-1997Add to your cart.

Predominant Dates:1870-1930

ID: VMA/RG03/ARCH.Photos.03/ALL

Extent: 11.1 Linear Feet. More info below.

Arrangement: Items have been arranged alphabetically into series by the surnames of the subjects of the portraits.

Subjects: Norwegian Americans

Forms of Material: Cabinet photographs, Carte de visite photographs, Portraits, Postcards, Real photo postcards, Tintype

Languages: English, Norwegian

Scope and Contents of the Materials

Amassed piecemeal by Vesterheim curators over the course of many decades, the collection currently has more than 2,000 images of notable Norwegian and Norwegian-American church leaders, politicians, military officials, explorers, scientists, doctors, athletes, artists, writers, publishers, editors, historians, and university presidents, among other movers and shakers, in a variety of photographic and photomechanical formats, from 19th-century tintypes and albumen cartes de visite and cabinet cards to 20th-century silver gelatin prints, halftones, and real photo postcards.

The earliest of the portraits date from just after the Civil War, the latest from the 1990s. The bulk, however, are from the 1870s through the 1920s, decades of peak emigration from Norway to the United States. Imprints from over seventy Norwegian and Norwegian-American photographers, mostly with businesses in the Upper Midwest but some with studios as far afield as Nome, Alaska, were identified during the cataloging of the collection from February 2017 through March 2018.

Subject/Index Terms

Norwegian Americans

Administrative Information

Repository: Vesterheim Norwegian-American Museum Archives

Alternate Extent Statement: 28 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.

Processing Information: Prior to 2017, all portraits had been rehoused into document boxes, each item enclosed in an archival-quality paper or plastic sleeve. From February 2017 through March 2018, project archivist Tim Kindseth cataloged those items, conducting genealogical and other historical research to date the portraits and to confirm or establish the identities of the more than 1,200 Norwegian and Norwegian-Americans who are subjects of them.


Box and Folder Listing


Browse by Series:

[Series 1: Portraits A],
[Series 2: Portraits B],
[Series 3: Portraits C],
[Series 4: Portraits D],
[Series 5: Portraits E],
[Series 6: Portraits F],
[Series 7: Portraits G],
[Series 8: Portraits H],
[Series 9: Portraits I],
[Series 10: Portraits J],
[Series 11: Portraits K],
[Series 12: Portraits L],
[Series 13: Portraits M],
[Series 14: Portraits N],
[Series 15: Portraits O],
[Series 16: Portraits P],
[Series 17: Portraits Q],
[Series 18: Portraits R],
[Series 19: Portraits S],
[Series 20: Portraits T],
[Series 21: Portraits U],
[Series 22: Portraits V],
[Series 23: Portraits W],
[Series 24: Portraits X],
[Series 25: Portraits Y],
[Series 26: Portraits Z],
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Series 6: Portraits FAdd to your cart.
Box 4: Portraits E-F (small)Add to your cart.
Item 28: Rev. K. G. (Kaspar Gulbrandson) Faegre (1855-1935), circa 1873Add to your cart.
Biography or History: Attended Luther College (Decorah, Iowa), 1870-1877.
Dimensions: 10 x 7 cm mount
Note: Recto: [written in pencil] 1873. Verso: [written in pencil] K. G. Fagre [sic], P[?] Creek, Ia., Rec'd Dec. 20th, 1872.
Physical Description: 1 tintype on carte de visite mount
Item 29: Rev. K. G. (Kaspar Gulbrandson) Faegre (1855-1935), 1870sAdd to your cart.
Biography or History: Attended Luther College (Decorah, Iowa), 1870-1877.
Creator: Adams, A. W. (Asa William), 1842-1915, photographer
Dimensions: 10 x 6 cm on 11 x 7 cm mount
Note: Recto: [written in ink] Caspar [sic] Faegre. Verso: [imprint] A. W. Adams, Photographer, Decorah, Iowa, Negatives preserved for future orders [written in pencil] Caspar [sic] Fagre [sic].
Physical Description: 1 photographic print on carte de visite mount
Place: Decorah, Winneshiek County, Iowa
Item 30: Elwin D. Farwell (1919-2017), 1960sAdd to your cart.
Biography or History: President of Luther College (Decora, Iowa), 1963-1981.
Dimensions: 18 x 13 cm
Note: Recto: [inscribed] E. D. Farwell. Verso: [written in ink] 21, E. D. Farwell, [cropping specifications].
Physical Description: 1 photographic print
Related Material: Luther College Archives: Elwin D. Farwell Presidential Papers, 1922-1996, LCA/RG02/6th President.
Item 31: Rev. O. G. (Ole Gunderson) Felland (1853-1938), 1900sAdd to your cart.
Biography or History: Attended Luther College (Decorah, Iowa), 1868-1874.
Creator: Mehlin, C. J. (Charles John), 1871-1937, photographer
Dimensions: 14 x 10 cm on 17 x 11 cm mount
Note: Recto: [imprint] C. J. Mehlin, Northfield, Minn. Verso: [written in pencil] Felland, '74.
Physical Description: 1 photographic print on cabinet card mount
Place: Northfield, Rice County, Minnesota
Related Material: Norwegian-American Historical Association: Felland, Ole G. (1853-1938). Papers, 1869-1935. 14 boxes. P 708.
Item 32: Fredrik Kristian Feyling (1905-1991), undatedAdd to your cart.
Biography or History: Lake captain.
Dimensions: 14 x 9 cm
Note: Verso: [stamped] 891, [?].
Physical Description: 1 photographic print
Item 33: Fredrik Kristian Feyling (1905-1991), undatedAdd to your cart.
Biography or History: Lake captain.
Dimensions: 13 x 9 cm
Note: Verso: [written in ink] Capt. Fredrik Feyling, [Norwegian text].
Physical Description: 1 photographic print
Item 34: Fredrik Kristian Feyling (1905-1991), undatedAdd to your cart.
Biography or History: Lake captain.
Dimensions: 13 x 11 cm
Physical Description: 1 photographic print
Item 35: Rev. L. N. (Laurence Nathaniel) Field (1896-1983), 1948Add to your cart.
Dimensions: 13 x 9 cm
Note: Verso: [stamped] Engraving, 1948 Jun 4 PM 9:09 [written in pencil] Dr. L. N. Field, [cropping specifications].
Physical Description: 1 photographic print
Item 36: Lt. Col. Louis M. Field (1884-1972), 1940Add to your cart.
Dimensions: 8 x 7 cm
Note: Verso: [written in ink] January, 1940-, Lt.-Col. Louis M. Field, Lowry Field, Denver, Colorado.
Physical Description: 1 photographic print
Item 37: Jacob (Jakob) Fjelde (1859-1896), 1890sAdd to your cart.
Biography or History: Sculptor.
Creator: Lee Brothers, photographers
Dimensions: 15 x 10 cm on 17 x 11 cm mount
Note: Recto: [imprint] Lee Bros, Minneapolis, Platino Portrait. Verso: [written in pencil] Jacob Fjelde, sculptor.
Physical Description: 1 photographic print on cabinet card mount
Place: Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota
Related Material: Vesterheim Norwegian-American Museum Archives: The Fjelde Collection, VMA/RG01/ARCH.Fjelde.
Item 38: Rev. K. A. (Karl Anton) Fjellbu (1865-1933), 1900sAdd to your cart.
Creator: Reynolds, B. J. (Bartley Jenks), 1853-1927, photographer
Dimensions: 15 x 10 cm on 17 x 11 cm mount
Note: Recto: [imprint] B. J. Reynolds, Bear Block, Decorah, Iowa. Verso: [written in pencil] K A Fjelbu [sic].
Physical Description: 1 photographic print on cabinet card mount
Place: Decorah, Winneshiek County, Iowa
Item 39: Rhonda Fleming (1923- ), undatedAdd to your cart.
Biography or History: Film actress.
Dimensions: 18 x 13 cm
Note: Recto: [printed] Rhonda Flemming, Printed in U.S.A.
Physical Description: 1 photomechanical print
Item 40: Willam Flint (ca. 1828-1915), undatedAdd to your cart.
Alternate Format: Portrait published in: History of the Town of Moscow from 1848 to 1919, by Bjorn Holland (Hollandale, Wis: 1919), p. 149.
Dimensions: 12 x 7 cm
Note: Recto: [written in pencil] 59, William Flint.
Physical Description: 1 photomechanical print
Item 41: A. C. (Albert Christian) Floan (d. 1927), circa 1925Add to your cart.
Biography or History: 2nd Vice-President of the Norse-American Centennial Committee.
Dimensions: 16 x 11 cm
Note: Verso: [printed] A. C. Floan, St. Paul, Minn., 2nd vice chairman, Board of Directors of the Norse-American Centennial celebration to be held at the Minnesota state fair grounds, June 6-9, 1925, commemorating the centenary of Norse immigration to the United States.
Physical Description: 1 photographic print
Related Material: Norwegian-American Historical Association: 900. The Norse-American Centennial. Papers, 1923-1929. 7 boxes and 2 volumes. P 562; Vesterheim Norwegian-American Museum Archives: The Norse-American Centennial Collection, VMA/RG02/ARCH.NorAmCentennial.
Item 42: George T. (George Tobias) Flom (1871-1960)Add to your cart.
Alternate Format: Portrait published in: Norsk-Amerikanernes festskrift, edited by Johannes B. Wist (Decorah, Iowa: Symra, 1914), p. 336.
Biography or History: Philologist and author of A History of Norwegian Immigration to the United States: From the Earliest Beginning Down to the Year 1848 (1909).
Dimensions: 13 x 10 cm
Note: Recto: [inscribed] George T. Flom.
Originals or Copies Note: Reproduction of an undated portrait
Physical Description: 1 photographic print
Related Material: Norwegian-American Historical Association: 318. Flom, George Tobias (1871-1960). Articles. 1 box. P 1366; University of Illinois Archives: George T. Flom Papers, 1905, 1910-11, 1915-37, 1947-49, 15/7/35.
Item 43: George T. (George Tobias) Flom (1871-1960), undatedAdd to your cart.
Biography or History: Philologist and author of A History of Norwegian Immigration to the United States: From the Earliest Beginning Down to the Year 1848 (1909).
Dimensions: 13 x 10 cm
Note: Verso: [stamped] No. ___, Extra prints may be ordered by this number, LeRoy Sampson, Decorah, Iowa [written] 397 [written in ink] Prof. Geo T. Flom.
Physical Description: 1 photographic print
Related Material: Norwegian-American Historical Association: 318. Flom, George Tobias (1871-1960). Articles. 1 box. P 1366; University of Illinois Archives: George T. Flom Papers, 1905, 1910-11, 1915-37, 1947-49, 15/7/35.
Item 44: Rev. Syvert Lassesen Floren (1837-1916), 1870sAdd to your cart.
Biography or History: Attended Luther College (Decorah, Iowa), 1867-1869.
Creator: Strong, N. F. (Nelson F.), ca. 1820-1894, photographer
Dimensions: 10 x 6 cm on 11 x 7 cm mount
Note: Recto: [written in ink] Floren. Verso: [imprint] N. F. Strong, Photographer, Muskegon, Mich. [written in pencil] Rev. Floren.
Physical Description: 1 photographic print on carte de visite mount
Place: Muskegon, Muskegon County, Michigan
Item 45: Rev. Ole Nilsen Fosmark (1853-1916), 1870sAdd to your cart.
Biography or History: Attended Luther College (Decorah, Iowa), 1869-1875.
Creator: Adams, A. W. (Asa William), 1842-1915, photographer
Dimensions: 10 x 6 cm on 11 x 7 cm mount
Note: Recto: [written in pencil] Fosmark. Verso: [imprint] A. W. Adams, Photograph Gallery, Water Street, Decorah, Iowa, Duplicates of this may be had for 25 Cents.
Physical Description: 1 photographic print on carte de visite mount
Place: Decorah, Winneshiek County, Iowa
Related Material: Vesterheim Norwegian-American Museum Archives: The Fosmark Collection, VMA/RG01/ARCH.Fosmark.
Item 46: Rev. Ole Nilsen Fosmark (1853-1916), 1906Add to your cart.
Biography or History: Attended Luther College (Decorah, Iowa), 1869-1875.
Dimensions: 16 x 11 cm
Note: Recto: [written in ink] Rev. O. N. Fosmark, 1906. Verso: [written in pencil] Rev. O. N. Fosmark, 1906.
Physical Description: 1 photographic print
Related Material: Vesterheim Norwegian-American Museum Archives: The Fosmark Collection, VMA/RG01/ARCH.Fosmark.
Item 47: Joe Foss (1915-2003), 1960sAdd to your cart.
Biography or History: Governor of South Dakota, 1955-1959.
Creator: Laughead Photographers, photographers
Dimensions: 18 x 13 cm
Note: Recto: [written in ink] Best wishes, Joe Foss, Commisioner American Football League, 1964. Verso: [stamped imprint] Copyright 1960 By Langhead Photographers, Reproduction permitted by all processes except photography.
Physical Description: 1 photographic print
Item 48: Andrew Fossum (1860-1943), undatedAdd to your cart.
Biography or History: Author of The Norse Discovery of America (1918); Attended Luther College (Decorah, Iowa), 1876-1882.
Creator: Babajoff, W. N., 1870?-1935, photographer
Dimensions: 16 x 10 cm
Note: Verso: [written in ink] Andrew Fossum [written in pencil] 7.
Originals or Copies Note: Reproduction of a 1914 portrait
Physical Description: 1 photographic print
Place: Fergus Falls, Otter Tail County, Minnesota
Related Material: Luther College Archives: The Papers of Andrew Fossum, 1909-1955, LCA/RG15/Fossum, A.
Item 49: Rev. J. B. (Johannes Bjerk) Frich (1835-1908), undatedAdd to your cart.
Biography or History: Vice-President of Luther College (Decorah, Iowa), 1895-1899.
Dimensions: 14 x 10 cm
Note: Verso: [written in pencil] Prof J B Frich.
Physical Description: 1 photographic print
Item 50: Rev. J. B. (Johannes Bjerk) Frich (1835-1908), undatedAdd to your cart.
Biography or History: Vice-President of Luther College (Decorah, Iowa), 1895-1899.
Dimensions: 13 x 10 cm
Note: Verso: [stamped] No. ___, Extra prints may be ordered by this number, LeRoy Sampson, Decorah, Iowa [written] 456 [written in pencil] Prof J. B. Frich.
Originals or Copies Note: Reproduction of an undated portrait
Physical Description: 1 photographic print
Item 51: Gabriel Andreas Friis (1820-1870), undatedAdd to your cart.
Alternate Format: Portrait published in: Norwegian Sailors on the Great Lakes, by Knut Gjerset (Northfield, Minn: Norwegian-American Historical Association, 1928), opposite p. 28
Biography or History: First Norwegian to sail own vessel on the Great Lakes.
Note: Verso: [printed] Capt. Gabriel Andreas Friis, b. Sept. 29, 1820, d. April 11, 1870 in Muskego, Town of Norway, Racine Co., Wis.
Physical Description: 1 photographic print on board
Physical Description: 13 x 9 cm on 17 x 13 cm board
Item 52: Gabriel Andreas Friis (1820-1870), undatedAdd to your cart.
Alternate Format: Portrait published in: Norwegian Sailors on the Great Lakes, by Knut Gjerset (Northfield, Minn: Norwegian-American Historical Association, 1928), opposite p. 28
Biography or History: First Norwegian to sail own vessel on the Great Lakes.
Dimensions: 13 x 9 cm on 17 x 13 cm board
Note: Verso: [printed] Fig. 9, Captain Gabriel Andreas Friis.
Physical Description: 1 photographic print on board
Item 53: Hans Friis (1809-1886), undatedAdd to your cart.
Alternate Format: Portrait published in: Norwegian Sailors on the Great Lakes, by Knut Gjerset (Northfield, Minn: Norwegian-American Historical Association, 1928), opposite p. 28
Biography or History: Lake captain.
Dimensions: 13 x 9 cm on 17 x 13 cm board
Note: Verso: [printed] Capt. Hans Friis, b. Dec 1809, d. 1886 in Muskego, Town of Norway, Racine Co, Wis.
Physical Description: 1 photographic print on board
Item 54: Paul Fritz (b. 1867), circa 1900Add to your cart.
Dimensions: 17 x 11 cm mount
Note: Verso: [written] L. O. Ofstedahl [written in ink] Paul Fritz (prob) [written in pencil] Paul Fritz, 202 W. 7th, St. Paul, Minn.
Physical Description: 1 photographic print on card mount
Item 55: Paul Fritz (b. 1867), 1901Add to your cart.
Dimensions: 10 x 6 cm on 13 x 9 cm mount
Note: Verso: [written] L. O. Ofstedahl [written in ink] Paul Fritz [written in pencil] Paul Fritz, 1/6-1901.
Physical Description: 1 photographic print on card mount
Item 56: Inga Marie Frodesen (1888-1963), undatedAdd to your cart.
Creator: Hartsook Studio, photographers
Dimensions: 18 x 13 cm
Note: Recto: [imprint] Hartsook, Seattle. Verso: [stamped imprint] Please Credit Hartsook Studio [written in pencil] Mrs. Inga Fredesen [sic], Educator.
Physical Description: 1 photographic print
Place: Seattle, King County, Washington
Item 57: J. J. (Jergen Jansen) Fuhr (1876-1930), undatedAdd to your cart.
Biography or History: Owner of the Duluth Skandinav and Superior Tidende newspapers.
Dimensions: 17 x 11 cm
Note: Verso: [written in pencil] J. J. Fuhr, Superior Tidende & Duluth Skandinav.
Physical Description: 1 photographic print
Item 58: Andrew Furuseth (1854-1938), circa 1929Add to your cart.
Biography or History: Maritime labor leader and key figure behind passage of Seamen's Act of 1915.
Dimensions: 17 x 13 cm
Note: Verso: [written in pencil] Andrew Furuseth.
Physical Description: 1 photographic print
Item 59: Andrew Furuseth (1854-1938), circa 1929Add to your cart.
Biography or History: Maritime labor leader and key figure behind passage of Seamen's Act of 1915.
Dimensions: 13 x 17 cm
Note: Verso: [written in pencil] Andrew Furuseth and the sculptor.
Physical Description: 1 photographic print
Box 18: Portraits E-J (medium)Add to your cart.
Item 14: Isak H. Faleide (1881-1964), undatedAdd to your cart.
Dimensions: 24 x 19 cm
Note: Recto: [written in ink] Isak Faleide. Verso: [written in pencil] Islak [sic] Faleide, Businessman, 11 x 14.
Physical Description: 1 photographic print
Item 15: Lt. Col. Louis M. Field (1884-1972), 1940Add to your cart.
Dimensions: 25 x 19 cm
Note: Verso: [written in ink] January 27, 1940, Lieutenant-Colonel Louis M. Field [written in pencil] Lowry Field, Denver, Color., M.D.
Physical Description: 1 photographic print
Item 16: Ingeborg Hanson Findal (1810-1884), undatedAdd to your cart.
Dimensions: 26 x 21 cm
Note: Recto: [inscribed] Ingeborg Findal, 1861, Manitowoc, Wis., Ingeborg Hansen Findal, Came to America in 1849, Mother of Marthe Findal Torris[?]. Verso: [printed] This Paper Manufactured by Kodak.
Originals or Copies Note: Reproduction of an 1861 carte de visite portrait
Physical Description: 1 photographic print
Place: Manitowoc, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin
Item 17: A. K. (Anders Knudson) Finseth (1836-1913), 1900sAdd to your cart.
Biography or History: Luther College (Decorah, Iowa) Church Council, 1888-1899.
Dimensions: 25 x 17 cm
Note: Verso: [written in pencil] Aik. [sic] Finseth, Trustee, Luther College.
Physical Description: 1 photographic print
Item 18: Astrid Fjelde (1894-1969), undatedAdd to your cart.
Biography or History: Soprano.
Dimensions: 26 x 21 cm
Note: Recto: [written in ink] To the Norwegian American Historical Museum, Very Sincerely, Astrid Fjelde. Verso: [written in pencil] [?], museum, Astrid Fjelde, Singer.
Physical Description: 1 photographic print
Related Material: Vesterheim Norwegian-American Museum Archives: The Fjelde Collection, VMA/RG01/ARCH.Fjelde.
Item 19: Jacob (Jakob) Fjelde (1859-1896), undatedAdd to your cart.
Biography or History: Sculptor.
Dimensions: 14 x 10 cm on 26 x 21 cm mount
Note: Verso: [written in ink] Jacob Fjelde, (sculpture), 2a.
Physical Description: 1 photomechanical print on card mount
Related Material: Vesterheim Norwegian-American Museum Archives: The Fjelde Collection, VMA/RG01/ARCH.Fjelde.
Item 20: Paul Fjelde (1892-1984), 1950Add to your cart.
Biography or History: Sculptor.
Creator: Jackson, Arthur C., 1918-2015, photographer
Dimensions: 26 x 21 cm
Note: Recto: [written in ink] Paul Fjelde, Sculptor, Studio, 1950. Verso: [written in ink] Photo by [stamped imprint] Arthur C. Jackson, 346 Carlton Ave., Brooklyn 5, N.Y. [written in pencil] Paul Fjelde, II 4.
Physical Description: 1 photographic print
Place: Brooklyn, Kings County, New York
Related Material: Vesterheim Norwegian-American Museum Archives: The Fjelde Collection, VMA/RG01/ARCH.Fjelde.
Item 21: Kirsten Flagstad (1895-1962), undatedAdd to your cart.
Biography or History: Opera singer.
Dimensions: 26 x 21 cm
Note: Recto: [inscribed] 1984.2-L. [written in ink] Kirsten Flagstad. Verso: [written in pencil] Kirsten Flagstad, Tristan und Isolde, [?].
Physical Description: 1 photographic print
Related Material: Vesterheim Norwegian-American Museum Archives: The Kirsten Flagstad Collection, VMA/RG01/ARCH.Flagstad.
Item 22: Frederick Fleischer (1821-1878), undatedAdd to your cart.
Alternate Format: Portrait published in: Norsk-Amerikanernes festskrift, edited by Johannes B. Wist (Decorah, Iowa: Symra, 1914), p. 42.
Biography or History: Founder of Fædrelandet (La Crosse, Wis.).
Dimensions: 23 x 19 cm
Note: Recto: [written in ink] Fredrik Fleisher [sic]. Verso: [written in pencil] Fleischer.
Physical Description: 1 photomechanical print
Item 23: Knud J. (Knud Johan) Fleischer (d. 1890), undatedAdd to your cart.
Alternate Format: Portrait published in: Norsk-Amerikanernes festskrift, edited by Johannes B. Wist (Decorah, Iowa: Symra, 1914), p. 24.
Biography or History: Editor of Emigranten, 1854-1857.
Dimensions: 22 x 17 cm
Note: Verso: [written in ink] Knud [written in pencil] Fleischer.
Physical Description: 1 photomechanical print
Item 24: George T. (George Tobias) Flom (1871-1960), undatedAdd to your cart.
Biography or History: Philologist and author of A History of Norwegian Immigration to the United States: From the Earliest Beginning Down to the Year 1848 (1909).
Dimensions: 14 x 10 cm on 20 x 16 cm mount
Note: Verso: [written in ink] Prof. Geo. T. Flom.
Physical Description: 1 photographic print on card mount
Related Material: Norwegian-American Historical Association: 318. Flom, George Tobias (1871-1960). Articles. 1 box. P 1366; University of Illinois Archives: George T. Flom Papers, 1905, 1910-11, 1915-37, 1947-49, 15/7/35.
Item 25: Gerhard Folgerø (1886-1948), undatedAdd to your cart.
Biography or History: Captain of replica Viking ship that sailed from Bergen to Duluth, 1926-1927.
Dimensions: 23 x 18 cm
Note: Recto: [written in ink] Gerhard Folgero.
Physical Description: 1 photographic print
Item 26: H. A. (Hans Andersen) Foss (1859-1929), 1920sAdd to your cart.
Biography or History: Journalist and novelist.
Dimensions: 15 x 10 cm on 19 x 14 cm mount
Note: Verso: [written in ink] H. A. Foss, Minot, N.D., Please return, if convenient, 3637, 29.
Physical Description: 1 photographic print on card mount
Related Material: Norwegian-American Historical Association: 327. Foss, Hans A. (1851-1929). Papers, 1923. 3 items. P 100.
Item 27: Andrew Fossum (1860-1943), undatedAdd to your cart.
Biography or History: Author of The Norse Discovery of America (1918); Attended Luther College (Decorah, Iowa), 1876-1882.
Creator: Daniels, William H. (William Henry), b. 1889, photographer
Dimensions: 20 x 13 cm mount
Note: Recto: [imprint] Daniels, Glencoe, Minn.
Physical Description: 1 photographic print on card mount
Place: Glencoe, McLeod County, Minnesota
Related Material: Luther College Archives: The Papers of Andrew Fossum, 1909-1955, LCA/RG15/Fossum, A.
Item 28: Andrew Fossum (1860-1943), undatedAdd to your cart.
Biography or History: Author of The Norse Discovery of America (1918); Attended Luther College (Decorah, Iowa), 1876-1882.
Creator: Daniels, William H. (William Henry), b. 1889, photographer
Dimensions: 26 x 21 cm
Note: Verso: [written in pencil] Prof. Andrew Fossum, Concordia, College, 1860, [cropping specifications].
Physical Description: 1 photographic print
Place: Glencoe, McLeod County, Minnesota
Related Material: Luther College Archives: The Papers of Andrew Fossum, 1909-1955, LCA/RG15/Fossum, A.
Box 23: Portraits C-F (large)Add to your cart.
Item 53: Pauline Farseth (1889-1972), undatedAdd to your cart.
Biography or History: Teacher, translator, and editor.
Creator: Elleby, Henry, 1892-1958, photographer
Dimensions: 35 x 26 cm
Note: Recto: [imprint] Elleby [written in ink] Elisa Pauline Farseth. Verso: [written in pencil] Elisa Pauline Fanett [sic].
Physical Description: 1 photographic print
Related Material: Norwegian-American Historical Association: 299. Farseth, Pauline (1889-1972). Clippings, 1972. 3 items. P 926.
Item 54: Elwin D. Farwell (1919-2017), undatedAdd to your cart.
Biography or History: President of Luther College (Decora, Iowa), 1963-1981.
Dimensions: 36 x 28 cm on 36 x 28 cm board
Note: Verso: [written in pencil] E. D. Farwell.
Physical Description: 1 photographic print on board
Related Material: Luther College Archives: Elwin D. Farwell Presidential Papers, 1922-1996, LCA/RG02/6th President.
Item 55: Rev. O. G. (Ole Gunderson) Felland (1853-1938), undatedAdd to your cart.
Biography or History: Attended Luther College (Decorah, Iowa), 1868-1874.
Creator: Mehlin, C. J. (Charles John), 1871-1937, photographer
Dimensions: 36 x 28 cm
Note: Verso: [written in pencil] Prof. O. Felland, St. Olaf College.
Originals or Copies Note: Reproduction of a 1900s cabinet card portrait
Physical Description: 1 photographic print
Place: Northfield, Rice County, Minnesota
Related Material: Norwegian-American Historical Association: Felland, Ole G. (1853-1938). Papers, 1869-1935. 14 boxes. P 708.
Item 56: Rev. L. N. (Laurence Nathaniel) Field (1896-1983), undatedAdd to your cart.
Dimensions: 36 x 28 cm
Note: Verso: [written in pencil] Dr. Laurence N. Field, Pres., Rocky Mt. Dist., (church leader).
Originals or Copies Note: Reproduction of a 1948 portrait
Physical Description: 1 photographic print
Item 57: Paul Fjelde (1892-1984), circa 1950Add to your cart.
Biography or History: Sculptor.
Dimensions: 26 x 21 cm on 36 x 28 cm board
Note: Recto: [written in ink] Paul Fjelde. Verso: [written in ink] Demonstration lecture at Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, Fjelde [written in pencil] #3.
Physical Description: 1 photographic print and 1 photomechanical print on board
Related Material: Vesterheim Norwegian-American Museum Archives: The Fjelde Collection, VMA/RG01/ARCH.Fjelde.
Item 58: Pauline Gerhardine Fjelde (1861-1923), undatedAdd to your cart.
Biography or History: Weaver.
Dimensions: 36 x 28 cm
Note: Verso: [written in pencil] Pauline Fjeldde [sic], weaver.
Originals or Copies Note: Reproduction of an undated photomechanical portrait
Physical Description: 1 photographic print
Related Material: Vesterheim Norwegian-American Museum Archives: The Fjelde Collection, VMA/RG01/ARCH.Fjelde.
Item 59: Rev. Arnold Flaten (1900-1976), undatedAdd to your cart.
Biography or History: Sculptor.
Dimensions: 36 x 28 cm
Note: Verso: [written in ink] Prof. Arnold Flaten (1900- ), Prof. of Art, St. Olaf College.
Physical Description: 1 photographic print
Item 60: Nils Flaten (1867-1947), undatedAdd to your cart.
Biography or History: Professor and linguist.
Dimensions: 36 x 28 cm
Note: Verso: [written in ink] Dr. Nils Flaten, Ph.D. (1867-1947), Prof. Romance Languages, St. Olaf College.
Physical Description: 1 photographic print
Related Material: Norwegian-American Historical Association: 313. Flaten, Nils (1867-1947). Pamphlet, 1939. 1 item. P 1300.
Item 61: Frederick Fleischer (1821-1878), undatedAdd to your cart.
Alternate Format: Portrait published in: Norsk-Amerikanernes festskrift, edited by Johannes B. Wist (Decorah, Iowa: Symra, 1914), p. 42.
Biography or History: Founder of Fædrelandet (La Crosse, Wis.).
Dimensions: 36 x 28 cm
Note: Verso: [written in pencil] Frederick Fleischer, Publ. of "Faedredlandet" [sic], 1864- , Fleischer.
Originals or Copies Note: Reproduction of an undated photomechanical portrait
Physical Description: 1 photographic print
Item 62: Frederick Fleischer (1821-1878), undatedAdd to your cart.
Alternate Format: Portrait published in: Norsk-Amerikanernes festskrift, edited by Johannes B. Wist (Decorah, Iowa: Symra, 1914), p. 42.
Biography or History: Founder of Fædrelandet (La Crosse, Wis.).
Dimensions: 36 x 28 cm
Note: Verso: [written in pencil] Fleischer [written in ink] Fleischer.
Originals or Copies Note: Reproduction of an undated photomechanical portrait
Physical Description: 1 photographic print
Item 63: Knud J. (Knud Johan) Fleischer (d. 1890), undatedAdd to your cart.
Alternate Format: Portrait published in: Norsk-Amerikanernes festskrift, edited by Johannes B. Wist (Decorah, Iowa: Symra, 1914), p. 24.
Biography or History: Editor of Emigranten, 1854-1857.
Dimensions: 36 x 28 cm; 36 x 28 cm
Note: Verso 1: [written in pencil] Knud Fleischer, Journalist, 1854-1890, Fleischer.
Originals or Copies Note: Reproductions of an undated photomechanical portrait
Physical Description: 2 photographic prints
Item 64: Col. Julia O. (Julia Otteson) Flikke (1878-1965), undatedAdd to your cart.
Creator: Bachrach, Bradford, 1910-1992, photographer
Dimensions: 35 x 27 cm
Note: Recto: [imprint] Bachrach [written in ink] Julia O. Flikke, Colonel A.N.C., A.U.S. Verso: [written in pencil] Julia Flikke, Col. Army Nurse Corps., WA20879-P[?].
Physical Description: 1 photographic print
Item 65: George T. (George Tobias) Flom (1871-1960), undatedAdd to your cart.
Biography or History: Philologist and author of A History of Norwegian Immigration to the United States: From the Earliest Beginning Down to the Year 1848 (1909).
Dimensions: 36 x 28 cm
Note: Verso: [written in pencil] Prof. George T. Flom, author, #397.
Originals or Copies Note: Reproduction of an undated portrait
Physical Description: 1 photographic print
Related Material: Norwegian-American Historical Association: 318. Flom, George Tobias (1871-1960). Articles. 1 box. P 1366; University of Illinois Archives: George T. Flom Papers, 1905, 1910-11, 1915-37, 1947-49, 15/7/35.
Item 66: H. A. (Hans Andersen) Foss (1859-1929), undatedAdd to your cart.
Biography or History: Journalist and novelist.
Dimensions: 36 x 28 cm
Note: Verso: [written in pencil] H. A. Foss, Author, Minot, N.D.
Originals or Copies Note: Reproduction of a 1920s portrait
Physical Description: 1 photographic print
Related Material: Norwegian-American Historical Association: 327. Foss, Hans A. (1851-1929). Papers, 1923. 3 items. P 100.
Item 67: H. A. (Hans Andersen) Foss (1859-1929), undatedAdd to your cart.
Biography or History: Journalist and novelist.
Dimensions: 36 x 28 cm
Note: Verso: [written in ink] Foss [written in pencil] H. A. Foss.
Originals or Copies Note: Reproduction of an undated photomechanical portrait
Physical Description: 1 photographic print
Related Material: Norwegian-American Historical Association: 327. Foss, Hans A. (1851-1929). Papers, 1923. 3 items. P 100.
Item 68: Andrew Fossum (1860-1943), 1914Add to your cart.
Biography or History: Author of The Norse Discovery of America (1918); Attended Luther College (Decorah, Iowa), 1876-1882.
Creator: Babajoff, W. N., 1870?-1935, photographer
Dimensions: 15 x 10 cm on 32 x 19 cm mount
Note: Recto: [imprint] Babajoff, Fergus Falls, Minn. [written in ink] Andrew Fossum, Græsk - Latin, 1914. Verso: [written in pencil] Andrew Fossum, Ph.D., Græsk, Latin, 1914.
Physical Description: 1 photographic print on card mount
Place: Fergus Falls, Otter Tail County, Minnesota
Related Material: Luther College Archives: The Papers of Andrew Fossum, 1909-1955, LCA/RG15/Fossum, A.
Item 69: Andrew Fossum (1860-1943), undatedAdd to your cart.
Biography or History: Author of The Norse Discovery of America (1918); Attended Luther College (Decorah, Iowa), 1876-1882.
Creator: Babajoff, W. N., 1870?-1935, photographer
Dimensions: 36 x 28 cm
Note: Verso: [written in ink] Fossum [written in pencil] Andrew Fossum, Moorhead, Minn, Have a later picture framed.
Originals or Copies Note: Reproduction of a 1914 portrait
Physical Description: 1 photographic print
Place: Fergus Falls, Otter Tail County, Minnesota
Related Material: Luther College Archives: The Papers of Andrew Fossum, 1909-1955, LCA/RG15/Fossum, A.
Item 70: Olive Fremstad (1871-1951), undatedAdd to your cart.
Biography or History: Opera singer.
Creator: Mishkin, Herman, 1871-1948, photographer
Dimensions: 24 x 22 cm
Originals or Copies Note: Reproduction of an undated portrait
Physical Description: 1 photomechanical print
Place: New York, New York County, New York
Item 71: Olive Fremstad (1871-1951), undatedAdd to your cart.
Biography or History: Opera singer.
Creator: Mishkin, Herman, 1871-1948, photographer
Dimensions: 36 x 28 cm
Note: Recto: [imprint] C Mishkin, N.Y. [inscribed] Mauge H[?], fra. Verso: [written in pencil] Mm. Olive Fremstad, Metropolitan Opera singer.
Originals or Copies Note: Reproduction of an undated photomechanical portrait
Physical Description: 1 photographic print
Place: New York, New York County, New York
Related Material: Norwegian-American Historical Association: 338. Fremstad, Olive (1861-1951). Phonograph Records. 2 items. P 992; Vesterheim Norwegian-American Museum Archives: The Olive Fremstad Collection, VMA/RG01/ARCH.Fremstad,O.
Item 72: Rev. J. B. (Johannes Bjerk) Frich (1835-1908), undatedAdd to your cart.
Biography or History: Vice-President of Luther College (Decorah, Iowa), 1895-1899.
Dimensions: 36 x 28 cm
Note: Verso: [written in pencil] Prof I. [sic] B. Frich, Luther seminary, #456.
Originals or Copies Note: Reproduction of an undated portrait
Physical Description: 1 photographic print
Item 73: Erik J. (Erik Johan) Friis (1913-1999), undatedAdd to your cart.
Biography or History: Editor of The American-Scandinavian Review.
Creator: Vang Studio, photographers
Dimensions: 34 x 27 cm
Note: Recto: [imprint] Vang [written in ink] Erik J. Friis. Verso: [written in pencil] Museum, 11 x 14, Erik J. Friis, Editor, Am. Scand. Review.
Physical Description: 1 photographic print
Place: Brooklyn, Kings County, New York
Item 74: J. J. (Jergen Jansen) Fuhr (1876-1930), undatedAdd to your cart.
Biography or History: Owner of the Duluth Skandinav and Superior Tidende newspapers.
Dimensions: 36 x 28 cm
Note: Verso: [written in pencil] J. J. Fuhr, "Superior Tidende", "Duluth Skandinaven."
Originals or Copies Note: Reproduction of an undated portrait
Physical Description: 1 photographic print
Item 75: Andrew Furuseth (1854-1938), undatedAdd to your cart.
Biography or History: Maritime labor leader and key figure behind passage of Seamen's Act of 1915.
Dimensions: 36 x 28 cm
Note: Verso: [written in pencil] Andrew Furuseth, Labor Leader.
Originals or Copies Note: Reproduction of an undated portrait
Physical Description: 1 photographic print
Item 76: Lars Fykerud (1860-1902), 1890sAdd to your cart.
Biography or History: Hardanger fiddler.
Dimensions: 25 x 17 cm on 28 x 17 cm mount
Physical Description: 1 photographic print on card mount

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