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                  <text>Collection Name:
Anders Braatelien Pedersen papers, circa 1860-1900
Collection Number:
P1555
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6.4 cubic feet (16 archives boxes)
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Pedersen emigrated from Sigdal in 1870, settling first in St. Paul, Minnesota. In 1879 he
moved to a site on the Great Northern Railroad in western Minnesota, becoming one of the
first business men (and first post master) in the new village of Rothsay. He was county
commissioner 1898-1910. He maintained a keen interest in his native country, and was one
of the founders of the Sigdalslaget. In 1900 he published a novel, Mor Hansen (Rothsay,
Minn.; Chicago, J. Anderson), 309 p. a copy is in the library collection: PT9150.P32M6 1900
NAI Vault: an English translation by Clara Serkland (wife of Grandson Alvin) is included
here.

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Letters to Sigdal. Correspondence from A.B. Pedersen to Mr. N.N.
Qvisle, Stener Qvisle, Stener M. Ramstad, 1899-1914.
Correspondence, A-E. Organized by sender's last name.
Correspondence, F-J. Organized by sender's last name.
Correspondence, K. Organized by sender's last name.
Correspondence, L-Q. Organized by sender's last name.
Correspondence, R-Sg. Organized by sender's last name.
Correspondence, Sh-Sw. Organized by sender's last name.
Correspondence, T-Z. Organized by sender's last name.
Family Correspondence, A-P. Families include: Aasterud, Berg,
Bergen, Braatelien, Bradley, Brevig, Emil, Grensmoen, Gronseth,
Johansen, Langeland, Lia, Moen, Odegard, Olsen, Erik Pederson,
Selene Pederson.
Family Correspondence, R-U. Families include: Rand, Sidney Rand,
Serkland, Alice Serkland, Stoa, Tanberg, Watnaas, A.O. Watnaas,
J.O. Watnaas, Sigurd Watnaas.
Sigdalslag: Norwegian American Line. Correspondence.

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Sigdalslag: Norway. Correspondence; receipts; clippings; small
Norwegian flag; volume: The World as Mr. Pedersen Sees it on his
Journey, articles published in the Rothsay Record,
March-December 1895.
Sigdalslag: Sigdal. Volume: unmarked manuscript; clippings;
Description of the Land, Legends, and Customs of Sigdal in the Late
1800s and Early 1900s, by A.B. Pederson.
Sigdalslag: Sigdalslag. Miscellaneous, includes clippings;
correspondence; pin: Sigdalslaget, Stiftet St. Hans, 1911; mailings;
fliers, etc.
Loose. Book: Sigdal og Eggedal, Thormod Skatvedt, Grøndahl &amp;
Søns Boktrykkeri, Kristiania, 1914
Finance accounts and financial documents. Receipts; ledger: Notes
and Bills Receivable and Receivable, 1889-1905; Satisfaction of
Mortgage; vouchers; $50 shares from Duluth Novelty and Plating
Company; First State Bank Rothsay book, Jorgine Pederson,
1920-1923.
Checks and Receipts.
Finance: First National Bank. Correspondence, statements,
receipts, deposits, etc.
Finance: Wolverton State Bank. Correspondence, statements,
receipts, deposits, etc.
Finance. Miscellaneous envelopes and files of receipts.
Manuscript: Mor Hansen. Manuscript and typescrift drafts;
clippings; published book, 1900.
Manuscripts. 3 files of unidentified manuscripts and newspaper
clippings.
Business letters, 1891-1913. 9 folders of correspondence,
organized by year.
Business letters, 1900-1910.
Birth Records. 38 booklets of birth records.
Politics. Correspondence and clippings.
Rothsay. Newspaper clippings.
Schools. Correspondence; An Address by Joel P. Heatwolfe of the
Northfield News, at St. Paul on Labor Day, 1905; Ninth Biennial
Report of the Superintendent of Public Instruction, State of
Minnesota for the school years ending July 31, 1895 and 1896.
Wilkin County. Correspondence and receipts.
Autobiographical. The Family and Life Memories of Anders
Braatelien Pederson. Translated by Alice Serkland of Rothsay,

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Biographies. Articles and clippings on Pederson.
Documents. Correspondence; deeds; mortgage deeds; general
bonds; quit-claim deeds, etc.
Court and Legal Documents. Correspondence; maps; deeds;
mortgage deeds; general bonds; quit-claim deeds, etc.
Duluth Novelty and Plating Co. Receipts and bills of sale.
Krogh Estates and Bakken Bankruptcy. Correspondence; bank
receipts.
Letters and Speeches.
Miscellaneous. Notes, clippings, correspondence, etc. Also
includes needle set from Merchants State Bank, Breckenridge,
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Minnesota River, Near Fort Snelling, Minnesota

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of Sigdal in the late 1800s and early 1900s," by Pedersen, A.B.
(Anders Braatelien), n.d. Includes the following topics: Vatnaas
Church, St. Olaf's Spring, church bells, Black Death, Graagalten
signal fire, theft on the seter, school system, Iver Olsen Kolsrud,
strongmen, ministers and sheriffs listed, wise kari, and customs.
Records. Roll: township property value records; 6 volumes: bank
account, 1885-1886; 1887; 1887-1888; 1889-1891; 2 large ledgers.
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Post Office, Grantsburg, Wisconsin
Court Street, looking North from Court House, Fergus Falls,
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Clarkfield, Minnesota. Multipart including images (Fourth
Street looking north; Grain and Milling District; North Avenue
looking East; and Oscar Street)

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Whitehorse Mountain from Darrington, Washington, on the
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Greetings from Renville, Minnesota

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Hotel Westminster, 4th and Main Streets, Los Angeles, California

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Snoqualmie Falls, Washington. Ca. 1912

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Corner in Art Museum, St. Louis, Missouri

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Cozy Lake and Japanese Garden, St. Paul, Minnesota

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Jackson Park, New Life Saving Station, Chicago, Illinois.

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The Speedway (Overton Park), Memphis, Tennessee

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St. Lukes Hospital, Fergus Falls, Minnesota

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Ephraim, Wisconsin

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Hamlin Garland Residence, West Salem, Wisconsin

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Shell Road, Gulfport, Mississippi

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Moonlight on Lake Calhoun, Minneapolis, Minnesota

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Valley of the Kinnickinnic, River Falls Wisconsin

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Folwell Hall, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota.

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Swans in Loring Park, Minneapolis, Minnesota

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The Rochester Hotel, Rochester, Minnesota

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Science of Man. Panama-Pacific International Exposition, San
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A Field of California Poppies in Midwinter

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Third Avenue, St. James, Minnesota

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Marengo Avenue, Pasadena, California

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Bathers in the Great Salt Lake, Utah

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Union Depot, Portland, Oregon

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13 Daybooks (numbers 1-22).
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Sinto-Moza Chief Iron Tail. Lakota Tribe (Sioux) 1857-1955 (his
English name is written in various books &amp; articles as Iron Tail or
Iron Hail) Later changed his name to Dewey Beard. He was the
last survivor of both the Battle of the Little Big Horn in 1876, and
the Battle of Wounded Knee in 1890. While in Washington, D.C.
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Manhattan Building, Fergus Falls, Minnesota

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Railroad entrance to West Side, Grantsburg, Wisconsin

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Freight train coming out of the Horseshoe Tunnel near Scenic on
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Father of Waters, Court House Rotunda, Minneapolis,
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City Hall and N. P. Avenue, Fargo, North Dakota

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The Oriental Limited, Great Northern Railway. The Perfect Train
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Manheimer Fountain, Como Park, St. Paul, Minnesota

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Night Illumination, Panama-Pacific International Exposition, San
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Cascade Court and Manufacturers Building, Alaska-Pacific-Yukon
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Ye Alpine Tavern, Mt. Lowe California

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Davenports Restaurant at Night, Spokane, Washington

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Palace Hotel, Crookston, Minnesota

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Public School, Britton, South Dakota
California Building across the "Forbidden Garden", San
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Ferry Building Tower, San Francisco

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Public Library, Mayville North Dakota

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Mt. Temple, Canadian Rockies

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A Typical Mexican Home. Published by Robert Runyon

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Summit House, Pike's Peak, Colorado. Published by Joseph G.
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Boating on Stow Lake, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco,
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Bay Beach, Green Bay, Wisconsin

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Envelope containing 18th century documents from Norway;
Letters to Sigdal. Includes: letters written by Pedersen to Stener
N. Qvisle and family, N. N. Qvisle, Stener N. Ramstad, all of Sigdal
(Dec. 24, 1899-Dec. 29, 1914), photocopies, with rough
translations by Sidney Rand; The Centennial Letter Copying Book
(undated); Copy of "Mor Hansen" by A.B. Pedersen, privately
published, translated by Clara Serkland (undated);
correspondence files; Bound journal labeled 'personal
biography' (undated); Typed copy of "The Family and Life
Memories of Anders Braatelien Pedersen" translated by Alice
Serkland (undated); Eric Braatlien notes on catechization (dates
1849 and 1850 written on front and back covers), in envelope;
diary of trips taken, expenses, addresses, Sigdalslaget
information, 2 news clippings inserted, A. B. Pedersen calling
card inserted, 1 v., mss.; small bound book, in which is written:
Forskjellige Sange forfattet af Anders Pedersen Braatelien,
containing poems (songs) by Pedersen, (date 1850 written on
cover, with later dates inside), 1 v., mss.; small bound book, in
which is written: About County Commissioners' Business and
Concerns (c.1896-1918); 3 sheafs of letters tied together (1910,
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1912-1913, 1914-1919), English and Norwegian, many about
Oversized business.;
Miscellaneous. Folder 1/Seline Pedersen schoolwork and
penmanship (c. 1884); Folder 2/Seline Pedersen schoolwork and
workbooks. Advertisement for Red Cross Cough Drops, Record of
Modern Health Chores, Bell-Cap-Sic Jingles; Folder 3/Seline
Pedersen schoolwork spelling and writing; Folder 4/Seline
Pedersen schoolwork/grammar; Folder 5/Seline Pedersen
schoolwork/geography; Folder 6/Seline Pedersen
schoolwork/math; Folder 7/Seline Pedersen schoolwork/history;
Folder 8/Oxepeis (bull's penis), a relic from the early 17th
century used as a striking instrument. Added 7/25/12, diary
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Miscellaneous. Includes address book; Norsk læsebog for børn
og ungdom ved K. Throndsen (Decorah, Ia.: Norsk Synodes
Forlag, 1879); The Circle of Useful Knowledge, for the use of
farmers, mechanics, merchants, manufacturers, surveyors,
housekeepers, professional men, by Charles Kinsley (Clinton,
Iowa, self-published, 1874); illustrated catalog of Jewelry and
Staple Holiday Goods, John V. Farwell &amp; Co., Chicago (1888-89);
Duluth News Tribune's Political Atlas. A Compendum of Facts
and Figures, Platforms, Biographies and Portraits. The Men and
the Issues of the Presidential Campaign of 1904; certificate of
recognition presented to Wayne and Ann Serkland for your
contribution in handling over Dr. J.C. Serkland's Office in
Rothsay, MN (removed to the Western Norway Emigration
Center at Sletta, Norway. April 2000); Bible belonging to Alice
Serkland; Memoradum and Time Book for Highway
Commissioners, compliments of Joliet Bridge and Iron Co., Joliet,
Illinois (1901-1902); translation of Mor Hansen by A.B.
15 Pederson;
Ledgers. Including Rothsay Post Office, 1881-1885; farm ledgers,
1883-1888; Day Journal, 1889-1901; newspaper orders,
1885-1890; Cash/Account, 1889-1893; Bank Account,
1889-1919; Duluth Novelty record of meetings, 1890-1893;
personal finance, 1891-1913; Stock accounts between A.B.
Pederson and T.K. Torye, 1891; Merchandise Records, 1894,
1896; Abstract of Assessment of Personal Property, 19xx; Record
14 of letters sent and received, 1898-1909.
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Como Station, Como Park, St. Paul, Minnesota

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Riverside Drive, Minneapolis, Minnesota

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The Narrows, Lake Minnetonka, Minnesota

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Burro Trail Crossing Pike's Peak Cog Road, Colorado.

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Greetings from St. James, Minnesota

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Avalon from Sugar Loaf, Catalina Island, California.

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General View of Soldiers' Home, Minneapolis, Minnesota

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Moonlight Scene on the Pacific Ocean

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The Landing, St. James Lake, Minnesota

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New Bridge Over Minnehaha Creek at Minnesota State Soldiers
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Old National Museum, Washington, D.C

1914

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Williston, North Dakota

1909

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Oakland's Santa Fe Terminal at Emeryville, California

1909

1909

Bradford &amp; Co., St. Joseph, Michigan

1914

1914

Machinery Hall, Alaska-Pacific-Yukon Exposition, Seattle,
Washington

1909

1909

Foot Cut on the New Mindoro Road, West Salem, Wisconsin

1910

1910

State Capitol Building, St. Paul, Minnesota

1914

1914

New Barstow Street Bridge, Eau Claire, Wisconsin

1908

1908

City Park, St. James, Minnesota.

1914

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1917

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Coal chute, Evansville, Minnesota

1914

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Indian Mounds, St. Paul, Minnesota

1914

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Roosevelt School, Grand Forks, North Dakota

1918

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Northern Pacific Depot, Fergus Falls, Minnesota

1909

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The Hotel in Delevan Kuhn California Project

1913

1913

Case Engine Doing Real Hill Climbing Stunts

1910

1910

East Side High School, Minneapolis, Minnesota

1914

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Washington Monument, Entrance to Washington Park, Chicago,
Illinois

1915

1915

Ishi. Last of the Southern Yana tribe of Native Americans,
formerly of Deer Creek, California.

1921

1921

Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson

1906

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Farmer's Store Building, Bloomer, Wisconsin (interior)

1912

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Four Mile Lake, Britton, South Dakota. Ca. 1915

1915

1915

Fishing at Rockford, Nebraska Is Certainly a Man's Work As the
Rivers are all Dry

1913

1913

Birdseye View of Granite Falls, Minnesota

1908

1908

I wouldn't feel der lonesomeness if you vould get der ticket to
Rothsay, Minnesota ca. 1915

1915

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I Know You've been Looking For a Letter from Coon Valley and I'll
Try and get Busy with the Pen

1915

1915

Wright's Memorial Hospital, Fergus Falls, Minnesota

1910

1910

Greetings from Vining, Minnesota

1913

1913

Lower Falls, Spokane River, Spokane, Washington

1909

1909

The Burning of the Cliff House, September 7, 1907, San
Francisco, California

1915

1915

Hello This is Grantsburg Wisconsin

1909

1909

Greetings from Minneapolis, Minnesota

1908

1908

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Fourth Street Looking North, Willmar, Minnesota ca. 1915

1915

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State of Connecticut.

1910

1910

Cedar Falls Dam near Menomonie, Wisconsin

1912

1912

St. Francis Court, Pasadena, California
Stevens House, First Frame House erected on the Site of
Minneapolis, West of the Mississippi River, Occupied by Colonel
John H. Stevens in 1850

1921

1921

1910

1910

Central Presbyterian Church, St. Louis, Missouri

1913

1913

Greetings from St. James, Minnesota ca. 1915

1915

1915

Rocky Mountains

1910

1910

The Steamer Roosevelt

1910

1910

The Carousel, Minnehaha Park, Minneapolis, Minnesota

1910

1910

Steamer "Flyer", Tacoma, Washington

1909

1909

The Government Building and Post-Office, posted St. Paul,
Minnesota

1910

1910

Burnett County Court House &amp; Jail at Grantsburg, Wisconsin

1911

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West Salem Military Band, West Salem, Wisconsin

1910

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Minnehaha Falls In Winter, Minneapolis, Minnesota

1910

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North Broadway, Fargo, North Dakota

1909

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Minnehaha Falls In Winter, Minneapolis, Minnesota

1909

1909

Terrace on 12th Street and Paseo, Kansas City, Missouri

1909

1909

Minneapolis, Minnesota, City Hall and Court House

1912

1912

Island Driving Park, Breckenridge, Minnesota

1909

1909

Merchants Hotel, Wahpeton, North Dakota

1910

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Pavilion, Lake Harriet, Minneapolis, Minnesota

1915

1915

Hotel Frye, Opposite 42 Story L.C Smith Building, Seattle,
Washington

1915

1915

Hotel Frye, Opposite 42 Story L.C Smith Building, Seattle,
Washington

1915

1915

Pavilion of Bolivia, Panama-Pacific International Exposition, San
Francisco

1915

1915

Exterior View of the Imperial Hotel, Portland, Oregon

1915

1915

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Exposition, San Francisco, 1915

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Lincoln Street, Oroville, California

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Bath House, Long Beach, California

1909

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14 Government Dam on Mississippi River Between Minneapolis
and St. Paul, Showing Steamboat Lock

1910

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Iver Ossander, age ten, playing the accordion. He was stricken
with infantile paralysis, Oct. 7, 1925 which left his feet crippled.

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Nicollet Avenue, West from Third Street, Minneapolis,
Minnesota

1915

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Denver and Rio Grand Railroad Train Crossing Soldiers Summit,
Colorado

1915

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Nicollet Avenue, West from Third Street, Minneapolis,
Minnesota

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Postcard group "Over Soldiers Summit" on the Line of the
Denver and Rio Grand Railroad, Colorado.

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1910

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Manheimer Memorial, Como Park, St. Paul, Minnesota

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East Elevation, Forestry Building, Alaska-Yukon-Pacific
Exposition, Seattle, Washington

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Lake Washington, Washington

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Passing in Review at Cawston's Ostrich Farm, Pasadena,
California

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Dutch Windmill, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, California

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Whitehorse Mountain, Washington on line of Great Northern
Railroad

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Twin Palms, Pasadena, California

1909

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Avalon, Santa Catalina Islands, California. Published by M.
Reider, Los Angeles, California.

1902

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�Rokke Name Index
Brevig, Ludvig
Gronseth, Siri
Gronseth, Sigri O.
Gronseth, G. T.
Gronseth, Torger G.
Braatelien, Peder Eriksen
Gren, Kristen Karlsen
(1700-1775)
Qvisle, N. N.
Qvisle, Stener N.
Ramstad, Stener N.
Pedersen, Anders
Braatlien d. 1919
Arneson, O. T.
Gronvold, Fingar Torsen
Giere, Nils
Solbraa, Lisa
Brua, Oscar
Halvorsen, J. T. (Mrs.)
Jensen, Olaf Rev.&amp; Mrs
Sullivan, Mary
Smith, W. G.
Langeland family
Sigvald Quale contest
Hedemarken Church
Oscar Red Cross
Ostlund, Carl O.
Sateren, Inger (Mrs.)
Loken, Peter
Hamar Church
Langeland, Magne
Park Region Medical
Society
Carlisle Farmer's Club
Ovri, Ellend J.
Feiring, M. H. &amp; Karen
Serkland, Chester J.
Langeland, Magnhild
Sletvold, A. O.
Park Region College

Ekeren, O. H. (Mr. &amp; Mrs.)
Fjestad, Frank Sr.
Lystad, Ole J.
Rudh, Mina
Hegseth, Tosten P.
Sateren, Iver O.
Baglien, H. (Mrs.)
Langeland, Magne (Mrs.)
Lillevold, Ole J.
Juvrud, Thomas
Juvrud, O. E.
Skugrud, Russell
Theodore
Ouse, Lars (Mrs.)
Wee, Karen
Bottolsson, Rachel
Langeland
Pederson, Ole
Johnson, John O.
Fosse, Carl (Mrs. nee
Fetvedt)
Strandjord, Nels Magne
Sperati, Carsten E.
Ekeren, Walter
Hudtloff, Ruth
Swenson, Cecelia
Clark, Lola
Serkland, Alvin &amp; Clara
Eide
Women's Missionary
Federation Pelican Valley
Langeland, Anna
Skriden, John (Mr. &amp; Mrs.)
Serkland, Loren
Saure, Martin G &amp; Anna
Erlandson
Laugen, George G. &amp;
Christie Sletvold
Drechsel, Herbert C. &amp;
Myrtle B. Hovland

Hudtloff, Benjamin &amp; Ruth
Langeland
Hamann, Arlo A. &amp;
Berniece Charlotte Nelson
Serkland, J. C. &amp; Anna
Langeland
Paulson, Lawrence &amp; Ethel
Brye
Aasterud, Clara
Aasterud, Siri
Berg, Andrew Cornel
Brevig, T. L. (Mrs)
Olsen, Carl Andreas
Pederson, Eda (Mrs. Erik
R.)
Rand family

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