Torvald Opsal and others pose for a group photograph in 1930. Opsal was a fisherman in Alaska until 1950, and in the off-seasons worked in a plywood factory. He is one of those interviewed for the New Land, New Lives: Oral History Collection at Pacific Lutheran University.
Torvald Opsal and his bride Oleda Christopherson on their wedding day, March 4, 1939. Torvald is one of those interviewed for the New Land, New Lives: Oral History Collection at Pacific Lutheran University.
Martha Nilsen posed for this picture with her family on her first trip back to Norway in 1937. From left to right in the back row are: sister Nilsine Olsen and Arne Olsen; mother Rebecca Dagsvik; brother Johan Dagsvik; and father Sverdrup Dagsvik. In the front row are Martha's niece Aslaug; Martha and her daughter Viola; and Martha's sister Anna Dagsvik. Martha Nilsen is one of those interviewed for the New Land, New Lives: Oral History Collection at Pacific Lutheran University.
Karl and Borghild Notø are among those interviewed for the New Land, New Lives: Oral History Collection at Pacific Lutheran University.
Lars Nygaard, one of those interviewed for the New Land, New Lives: Oral History Collection at Pacific Lutheran University.
The family stands in front of their home in snowy Kvingedal, Norway. Gunhild Sather is one of those interviewed for the New Land, New Lives: Oral History Collection at Pacific Lutheran University.
Gunhild Sather in traditional dress (bunad), photographed in 1933. She is one of those interviewed for the New Land, New Lives: Oral History Collection at Pacific Lutheran University.
Svanhild Knutson Sortland lived in this house in Bømlo, Norway. From the Sortland collection, part of the New Land, New Lives: Oral History Collection at Pacific Lutheran University.
Nels Simonseth, one of those interviewed for the New Land, New Lives: Oral History Collection at Pacific Lutheran University.
Sivert Saure is one of those interviewed for the New Land, New Lives: Oral History Collection at Pacific Lutheran University.