August, 1956. Photographer C.L. Edwards. This is the "Western" out of Seattle, owned by George Eliasen, Olaf Bordick, and Ed Flones, Nordby Supply Co. A Caterpillar Diesel D342 Marine engine provides propulsion power for this fishing boat. The boat is described as 67.6' long with 16.6' beam and 8' draft. Flones is one of those interviewed for the New Land, New Lives: Oral History Collection at Pacific Lutheran University.
Edward (Ed) Flones' first boat, date unknown. Flones is one of those interviewed for the New Land, New Lives: Oral History Collection at Pacific Lutheran University.
Edward (Ed) Flones' last boat, date unknown. Flones is one of those interviewed for the New Land, New Lives: Oral History Collection at Pacific Lutheran University.
Edward (Ed) and his brother Eddy Flones shortly after their arrival in America in 1930. Ed is one of those interviewed for the New Land, New Lives: Oral History Collection at Pacific Lutheran University.
Edward's brother's house, date unknown. Edward (Ed) Flones is one of those interviewed for the New Land, New Lives: Oral History Collection at Pacific Lutheran University.
Heistad, Norway, photo from the collection of Edward (Ed) Flones, one of those interviewed for the New Land, New Lives: Oral History Collection at Pacific Lutheran University.
Torvald Handeland, one of those interviewed for the New Land, New Lives: Oral History Collection at Pacific Lutheran University.
Torvald Handeland's home in Sirdal, Norway, summer of 1981. In front of the house are Gunvald, Edith, and Martin Handeland. Torvald is one of those interviewed for the New Land, New Lives: Oral History Collection at Pacific Lutheran University.
Photograph of Gravatn, Norway, belonging to Torvald Handeland. He is one of those interviewed for the New Land, New Lives: Oral History Collection at Pacific Lutheran University.
Cannery tender loaded with salmon, Cook Inlet, Alaska, late 1930's. Torvald Handeland is one of those interviewed for the New Land, New Lives: Oral History Collection at Pacific Lutheran University.