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Caption on the back states these people are picture: Mr. and Mrs. J. Schultz. Mr. and Mrs. Nels M. Paulsen, Esther, Harold, and Evangeline Paulsen. Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Jensen, Hans, Julius, Ina, and Mary Jensen. Mr. and Mrs. James Berdahl. Mabel Schultz. Reverend and Mrs. Hansen.
Christie E. Berdahl married Ellef Ellefson after the death of her first husband, Albert Larson Brandvold. Albert died in 1875 during a blizzard. Christie is a sister of Andrew (Anders) Berdahl, and aunt to Jennie Berdahl.
Front of the postcard depicts the Ellefson wedding party. The back notes that "she deserves a story of her own." The picture may depict Christie E. Berdahl married Ellef Ellefson after the death of her first husband, Albert Larson Brandvold. Albert died in 1875 during a blizzard.
The Lars and Kristie Otteress family lived in Dell Rapids, South Dakota. Caption on the back reads: "Jennie (Mrs. Erickson), Martha, Annettta (Mrs. Erickson), Clara (Mrs. Lyng), Lars, Jens, and Kristie."
Funding to digitize the O.E. Rølvaag Papers was provided to the Norwegian American Historical Association through the Minnesota Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund, a component of the Minnesota Clean Water, Land and Legacy constitutional amendment, ratified by Minnesota voters in 2008.
Formal portrait of Karen Oline Otterness before she was married to Andrew Berdahl. At this time, she worked for Dr. Roberts in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.