Front view of Old Main (renamed Harstad Hall in 1960). Taken 1894.
Front view of Old Main (renamed Harstad Hall in 1960). Taken 1894.
The members of Pacific Lutheran University's first faculty in 1894 are: (first row) Meyer Brandvig, Mrs. Carlo Sperati, and Miss Sophie Peterson; (second row) Reverend E. Ballestad, Reverend Carlo Sperati, T.C. Satra, Reverend T. Larson, Reverend N. Christiansen, W. Shahan, and Reverend B. Harstad.
Elsie (Elsa) Anna Nilssen Molund, born April 12, 1894, is seen here as a young woman in this undated photograph taken in Kalmar, Sweden. Elsa is one of those interviewed for the New Land, New Lives: Oral History Collection at Pacific Lutheran University.
A Harstad family photograph taken in 1895.
The Pacific Lutheran University Band comprised of faculty and students play at Camp Muir at the 10,000 foot level of Mount Rainer.
Front view of Old Main. Taken between 1896-1898.
Members of the Pacific Lutheran University Band on Mount Rainer where they played "A Mighty Fortress Is Our God" to celebrate that the school was finally underway.
Left to right: Professor Carlo A. Sperati, Hannah Jahr, Ludvig Larson, J. Leonard Brottem, Ettie Kraabel (Mrs. Viggo Jorgenson), Dr. J. L. rynning, Mark Wangness, Oscar Brottem, Sophie Peterson, Therese Kraabel, George Johnson.
A Gronsberg family portrait taken in 1896. The children in back are, left to right, Bertha, Herman and Oscar. The son between the parents is not identified.
