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Erling Sortland

Black-and-white photograph of Henny Storwick, 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.

Andrew Tjugum is one of those interviewed for the New Land, New Lives: Oral History Collection at Pacific Lutheran University.

Anna Myklebust Tobiason is among those interviewed for the New Land, New Lives: Oral History Collection at Pacific Lutheran University.

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.

Carl Tweiten, one of those interviewed for the New Land, New Lives: Oral History Collection at Pacific Lutheran University. In the background is a painting of his home in Norway.

Sara Vanderbilt is one of those interviewed for the New Land, New Lives: Oral History Collection at Pacific Lutheran University.

Sara Vanderbilt is one of those interviewed for the New Land, New Lives: Oral History Collection at Pacific Lutheran University.

John Johnson of Tacoma, Harald Prestegård of Lillehammer, and Ivar Alm of Tacoma stand together in July 1975. When they first arrived in Tacoma as immigrants, all 3 men lived at Bakke's boarding house. Prestegård returned to Norway during the Depression. Ivar is one of those interviewed for the New Land, New Lives: Oral History Collection at Pacific Lutheran University.