Anna Myklebust Tobiason (left) with brother's wife, Meja Myklebust (c. 1916). Taken in Roselia, WA. Coats and hats are from the Myklebust Department Store where Anna worked. Anna Myklebust Tobiason is among those interviewed for the New Land, New Lives: Oral History Collection at Pacific Lutheran University.
Part of Manuscript Collection
Signe Steel, others on Confirmation Day, 1916. She is one of those interviewed for the New Land, New Lives: Oral History Collection at Pacific Lutheran University.
The class of 1916 pose for a class portrait. From the Otto Halseth collection. Halseth is one of those interviewed for the New Land, New Lives: Oral History Collection at Pacific Lutheran University.
The Svea Band, Valhalla Lodge, Tacoma. Portrait was taken in front of the Old Court House, May 28, 1916. John Nelson is second from the left, top row. He is one of those interviewed for the New Land, New Lives: Oral History Collection at Pacific Lutheran University.
Elsie (Elsa) Anna Nilssen Molund's Aunt Gerda and Uncle Karl Petterson stand outside their house in Mossebo, Sweden, October 26, 1916. Another unidentified man stands behind them, on the porch of the house. Gerda was the sister of Maria, with whom Elsa lived after her own mother died. Elsa Molund is one of those interviewed for the New Land, New Lives: Oral History Collection at Pacific Lutheran University.
Hjarne Foss and his sisters Oda (on right) and Rigmor (on left) pose for a photograph in Copenhagen, 1918 or 1919. Hjarne was a Danish immigrant whose oral history is part of the New Land, New Lives: Oral History Collection at Pacific Lutheran University.
Andrew Johnson (Anders Johansson) is third from left in this 1918 group photograph of the workers at the Coast Iron and Machine Works in Tacoma, Washington. Johnson is one of those interviewed for the New Land, New Lives: Oral History Collection at Pacific Lutheran University.
Alfred Strom and others enjoy the first annual picnic for employees of the Franklin Packing Co. of Ellerington Island, Alaska, on June 30, 1918. Alfred Strom is one of those interviewed for the New Land, New Lives: Oral History Collection at Pacific Lutheran University.
Emil Ekloff (right) and another man pose for a photograph taken in San Francisco on July 4th, 1918. This was a photo postcard addressed to: David Erickson 610 E. Holly St. Bellingham, WA. Emil Ekloff is one of those interviewed for the New Land, New Lives: Oral History Collection at Pacific Lutheran University.