The first college freshman class is shown in a classroom setting. Pictured are: (first row) Charlie Olson, Olivia Eckloff, Anna Eckloff, Dr. J. P. Uhler, E. C. Sahlstrom (Mrs. Aug. Hed), Mary Meyer (Mrs. Turitin), William J. Tilderquist, G. A. Petri.; (second row) A. Godenius[?], Solomon Eckman, Rev. A. G. Olson, Rev. C. P. Lundgren, G. S. Olson, Joseph A. Jackson; (third row) Alfred J. Holmes, A. F. Lundquist, C. O. Cassel, Bar, C. A. Ramstead, Anton W. Holmes, Adolph C Olson, C. E. Seashore, John F. Dahl, O. B. Solvanus.
Gustavus Adolphus Academy (preparatory school) students in the class of 1909 appear in this studio portrait. Minnie Swenson is seated in the middle of the fourth row from the top.
Uniformed Gustavus Adolphus College Band members pose with instruments including drums, clarinets and brass. Band member Nathan Ofelt is seated 6th from the right, 2nd row.
Conservatory students surround Dr. Reinhold Lagerström (row 4, center). Among them is Anna Hilda Hedberg (Row 3, center with the black striped blouse).
Gustavus Adolphus College students surround their professor, Dr. Lagerström. Anna Hilda Hedberg is pictured in row 3, center, with the black striped blouse.
Five young women wearing freshman caps pose in this studio portrait. They are: (front) Marie Sigurdson, Elna Peterson, Myrtie Ostrom; (back) Irene Sander and Amy Turner.
Harriet Gilman, born and raised in Sauk Centre, attended State Normal School in Winona, Minnesota. After graduation, she returned to Sauk Centre and became a teacher at the Sauk Centre Public School until 1906.
Group portrait of some of the members of the Wahlers and Graebner family. Martin Graebner is on far left and Art Wahlers is sitting on the woman's knee.
Superintendent James N. Tate is seated at his rolltop desk in his office at the Minnesota School for the Deaf. A candlestick phone is visible in the background.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota State Academy for the Deaf Alumni Association Museum