Sunset Timber Company, Camp 4 on P. & E. Railroad. (ca. 1915-18). William (Bill/Willie) Michelson, from Astoria, is 3rd from right in the middle row. Hilma Michelson is one of those interviewed for the New Land, New Lives: Oral History Collection at Pacific Lutheran University. Photo by Nelson, Hoquiam.
Boats salmon fishing on the Columbia River, ca. 1915. The Boats are owned by John Michelson, Hilma's father-in-law. From the collection of Hilma Michelson, one of those interviewed for the New Land, New Lives: Oral History Collection at Pacific Lutheran University.
Else Goodwin is riding a pony in Copenhagen in 1915. Her father had a beer route there at the time. Else is a Danish immigrant whose oral history is part of the New Land, New Lives: Oral History Collection.
Alli Benson stands beside her mother in this formal portrait, ca. 1916-1917. Alli is one of those interviewed for the New Land, New Lives: Oral History Collection at Pacific Lutheran University.
Wedding photograph of Clara and Mike (Mikal) Magnussen in 1916.
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.
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.