Laying of foundation for Old Main. Taken October 4, 1891.
Painted rendering by E. O. Schwagere, architect in Kingston WA, of early plans for the creation of PLU.
Three pastors at a church service. Reverends Langseth and Ballestad were members of the Board of Trustees and Reverend Harstad was president and founder of Pacific Lutheran University.
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.
Front view of Harstad Hall
The members of Pacific Lutheran University's first faculty in 1894 are: (first row) Meyer Brandvig, Emma 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.
Front view of Old Main, taken 1894.
Front view of Old Main, taken 1894.
Credited to Wagness Photo.
1st Picture of Parochial school children and high school students, 1894
Front view of Old Main (renamed Harstad Hall in 1960). Taken 1894.
