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1. Two men in suits standing outside a car, Minnesota

Date Created:
1920?
Description:
Two men in suits standing outside a car.
Contributing Institution:
Norwegian-American Historical Association
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

2. View of the Rølvaag cabin, Big Island Lake, Minnesota

Date Created:
1927?
Description:
View of the Rølvaag family cabin in Big Island Lake in Northern Minnesota.
Contributing Institution:
Norwegian-American Historical Association
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

3. Ole and Jennie Rølvaag's seventeenth wedding anniversary, Big Island Lake, Minnesota

Date Created:
1926-06-09
Description:
Ole and Jennie Rølvaag at their cabin on Big Island Lake, Minnesota for their seventeenth wedding anniversary.
Contributing Institution:
Norwegian-American Historical Association
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

4. Portrait of Reverand Olaf Refsdal family, Chetek, Wisconsin

Date Created:
1910?
Description:
Studio portrait of Rev. Olaf Refsdal and family of Chetek, Wisconsin. Refsdal was an author and poet in the Norwegian language and a leader in promoting temperance among Norwegians.
Contributing Institution:
Norwegian-American Historical Association
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

5. Overlooking Big Island Lake, Minnesota

Date Created:
1930
Description:
Overlooking Big Island Lake where Rølvaag had a family cabin.
Contributing Institution:
Norwegian-American Historical Association
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

6. Ella, Karl, and Paul Rølvaag holding hands

Date Created:
1916-09
Description:
Ella holding the hands of her two brothers, Karl and Paul Rølvaag. Karl eventually became the Governor of Minnesota.
Contributing Institution:
Norwegian-American Historical Association
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

7. Ole Rølvaag holding fish on the Mississippi River, Gulf of Mexico

Date Created:
1930-04-23
Description:
Ole Rølvaag holding a fish on the Mississippi River. Caption on the back states he is fishing on the Gulf of Mexico. Later in life, Rølvaag spent time in Biloxi, Mississippi.
Contributing Institution:
Norwegian-American Historical Association
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

8. Ole Rølvaag in a rowboat, Big Island Lake, Minnesota

Date Created:
1929?
Description:
Ole Rølvaag in a rowboat, Big Island Lake, Grand Rapids, Minnesota, circa 1929
Contributing Institution:
Norwegian-American Historical Association
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

9. Ole Rølvaag standing outside a building at St. Olaf College, Northfield, Minnesota

Date Created:
1930?
Description:
Ole Rølvaag standing outside a building on St. Olaf College campus in Northfield, Minnesota. The building is presumed to be Ole Main.
Contributing Institution:
Norwegian-American Historical Association
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

10. Ole Rølvaag on the porch of the Rølvaag cabin looking out on Big Island Lake, Minnesota

Date Created:
1923-07-15
Description:
Ole Rølvaag on the porch of the family cabin in Big Island Lake in Northern Minnesota.
Contributing Institution:
Norwegian-American Historical Association
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

11. Ole Rølvaag cooking dinner along the shore, Mille Lacs, Minnesota

Date Created:
1918-06-12
Description:
Ole and another man cooking dinner along the shore. Caption reads "Getting dinner at Mille Lacs June 12 1918."
Contributing Institution:
Norwegian-American Historical Association
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

12. Formal portrait of Ole Rølvaag graduating from St. Olaf College, Northfield, Minnesota

Date Created:
1905
Description:
Formal portrait of Ole Rølvaag after his graduation from St. Olaf College.
Contributing Institution:
Norwegian-American Historical Association
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

13. Wedding portrait of Ole Rølvaag and Jennie Berdahl, Sioux Falls, South Dakota

Date Created:
1908-07
Description:
Formal studio portrait of Ole Rølvaag and Jennie Berdahl on their wedding day.
Contributing Institution:
Norwegian-American Historical Association
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

14. Andrew and Karen Berdahl family portrait, South Dakota

Date Created:
1910
Description:
Family photograph of the Berdahl-Rølvaag family. Ole and Jennie are seen to the far left with their newborn son Olaf.
Contributing Institution:
Norwegian-American Historical Association
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

15. Ole Rølvaag holding a fish, Big Island Lake, Minnesota

Date Created:
1929?
Description:
OIe Rølvaag holding a fish while on a boat at the family cabin.
Contributing Institution:
Norwegian-American Historical Association
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

16. Ole Rølvaag holding a fish on the shore, Big Island Lake, Minnesota

Date Created:
1927
Description:
Ole Rølvaag holding a fish that he caught at Big Island Lake.
Contributing Institution:
Norwegian-American Historical Association
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

17. Jennie Rølvaag holding a fish, Big Island Lake, Minnesota

Date Created:
1922-07-17
Description:
Jennie holding a fish on a canoe, captioned on the back "Not as frightened as I look. My first fish from big ole, june 17 1922 to Tilda."
Contributing Institution:
Norwegian-American Historical Association
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

18. Ole Rølvaag at the cabin with Ella Valborg and sisters-in-law, Big Island Lake, Minnesota

Date Created:
1924
Description:
Ole Rølvaag with Ella Valborg and two of Jeannie Rølvaag's sisters at the Rølvaag cabin.
Contributing Institution:
Norwegian-American Historical Association
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

19. Ole and Karl Rølvaag hunting and fishing at the Rølvaag cabin, Big Island Lake, Minnesota

Date Created:
1929-02-09
Description:
Ole and Karl showing their catch at the family cabin in Big Island Lake, Minnesota.
Contributing Institution:
Norwegian-American Historical Association
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

20. Members of the Temperance district convention, Wisconsin

Date Created:
1910?
Description:
A typical Norwegian temperance district convention held in northwestern Wisconsin in the 1920s. Delegates from local socieities and people of the area would meet to hear speakers, music, and fellowship.
Contributing Institution:
Norwegian-American Historical Association
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

21. Two women holding the collection of fish, Big Island Lake, Minnesota

Date Created:
1923-07-04
Description:
Two women, one possibly Jennie Rølvaag, holding up a collection of fish that was caught.
Contributing Institution:
Norwegian-American Historical Association
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

22. Ole Rølvaag fishing on the shore of Big Island Lake, Minnesota

Date Created:
1930
Description:
Ole Rølvaag fishing on the shore of the lake.
Contributing Institution:
Norwegian-American Historical Association
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

23. Officers of the local chapter of Templars of Temperance, Boston, Massachussets

Date Created:
1890?
Description:
Portrait of the officers of Templars of Tempereance. Identified in this picture are Gustav Eide, who later moved to the midwest and lived in Minneapolis (thrid from the left in back row), and John Figved, who came west and settled in Milwaukee (first from left in front row).
Contributing Institution:
Norwegian-American Historical Association
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs
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