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.
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.
This is a group photograph of Gustavus faculty and students gathered in front of Old Main. The back reads, "Oscar Sandahl college) middle left of steps, tall, bowtie; Anna Hilda Hedberg (music conservatory 1901 or 1902) 5th row from front rt. of center, same row as Oscar in left center; Harry Hedberg top left of door, dk. hair (facing)."
This is an original picture, taken by Wilize (?) at the time, showing the ruins of Gladstone Hall, Red Wing, after the building had collapsed under the heft of 3 or 4 feet of heavy snow. The picture was gotten from W. S. Scott, Red Wing, Minn., in June, 1933. Note that Bush Street is covered and completely blockaded by stone and snow. (B. Eide)
Ernest Levine lived on a farm west of St. Peter. His interest in farming was such that it was confidently prophesied that he would become a farmer. Here he is acting the part. He became, instead, a superintendent of schools.
Uniformed Augustana College Band members pose with instruments including drums and brass. Band member O. J. Johnson (second from the right, top row) served as President of Gustavus Adolphus College 1913-1942.
This picture shows Peterson with saw and sawhorse, cutting wood for the fire, on a path that goes past a house and yard in a snowy St. Peter neighborhood. In the distance is the Swedish Lutheran Church, located at 4th and Elm Streets.
A snowy landscape with South Hall, School of Commerce Building, Old Main, the Auditorium and Hello Walk at Gustavus Adolphus College. From the O. J. Johnson papers (College President 1913-1942).
Professor Uhler rides on a float entitled GA in 80s. On the float are four students, a telescope, and a replica of Old Main. The motorized float is being driven down a St. Peter street, observed by onlookers.
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.
The Minnesota College Oratorio Society singers are gathered at the front of the sanctuary of St. Paul's Lutheran Church, in Minneapolis. Seated are members of the orchestra.
Professor G. H. Towley and student A. Elmer Turner, Commercial Department, Gustavus Adolphus College, confer at the teacher's desk before class begins.
A large group of people, including uniformed men with rifles and a drum, stands in front of a house decorated with flags for a rural Fourth of July celebration.
The Gustavian Weekly Staff is shown in the early 1920s and includes top row: editor Vernon Swenson, Hubert Edquist, Conrad Holmberg, Lilian Heckton, Theodore Conrad, Signe Peterson; seated: Emmanuel Harrison, associate editor, Raymond Borg, Vernon Swenson, Rachel Bartlett, and Marian Youngquist.
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.
The Gustavus Adolphus College baseball team poses with its manager. Pictured are: (back row) J. Engelbret, H. Johnson, A. Swanberg, P. Frodeen, A. Schroeder, E. Swensk, H. Samuelson; (seated) C. Hensel, M. Osborne, A. E. Peterson, W. Amundson, and E. Sjostrand, Manager.
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.
The graduating class of 1905, Gustavus Adolphus College, is assembled on the stage in the college auditorium. Included in the picture are fourth from right, second row: Oscar Sandahl, center: Dr. P.A. Mattson, Harry Hedberg, Gustaf Knock; in the audience: Z.P. and Mrs. Hedberg, to the right front, Hilda Hedberg, pianist.
An oratorical contest was held at St. Olaf College on April 4, 1902. Students, faculty, and staff from Gustavus Adolphus College boarded a specially marked Northwestern Line train for the ride to Northfield to attend the contest, where Gustavus student Harry Hedberg took 4th place. This photograph shows the train, the send-off crowd, and the passengers at the depot located near campus.
An oratorical contest was held at St. Olaf College on April 4, 1902. Students, faculty, and staff from Gustavus Adolphus College boarded a specially marked Northwestern Line train for the ride to Northfield to attend the contest, where Gustavus student Harry Hedberg took 4th place. This photograph shows the crowd assembled on the station platform, ready to board the train.
In a view taken looking north along "Hello Walk", we see the Ladies' Dormitory, the School of Commerce building with a group of students standing outside, and Old Main.
A group photo includes friends and family celebrating Mr. And Mrs. A.J. Bohleen's silver wedding anniversary in Storden, Minnesota, 1908. Eva Turner and A. J. Bohleen were married in Moorhead August 9, 1883.
Reverend Lundgren was a pastor in the Minnesota Conference, Augustana Synod, who was called to serve Fridhem, Red River, and Saron Lutheran church buildings in the Red River Valley district until 1923, when he retired. During his 31 years of service, he traveled 21,000 miles by horse and carriage, 6,070 miles by train, and 41,000 miles by automobile.