Guide to the Olsen Family Photograph Album
Collection # 2013.005
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Collection digitized by Michael Olivarez, March 2014 Electronic finding aid created by Michael Olivarez, April 2014, revised June 2014, revised September 2014 by Lori N. Curtis
Descriptive Summary
Creator: Elizabeth E. Hanson Olsen Title: Olsen Family Photograph Album Date Span: Late 19th – early 20th centuries
Abstract: On July 24, 1890, Edward Gunder Olsen gave the photograph album to his wife Elizabeth “Lizzie” E. Hanson Olsen for her 33rd birthday, shortly before returning to the United States from Norway and Denmark. The album, consists of 17 leaves (34 pages) and 79 photographs – 18 cabinet cards and 60 carte des visite. Only two dates appear in the album - 1884 on page 15, and that of 1890 in the inscription at the beginning of the album. There appears to be no sequential order to the photographs, nor any known location, although the majority of the photographs were taken at studios in Norway. Besides family members, the photographs contained herein are of individuals and families that E. G. and Elizabeth Olsen worked with in Norway and Denmark. The album is in fair condition, considering its age. The majority of the photographs come with handwritten captions in blue ink. The identity of the individual who wrote the captions is unknown. Due to the differences in handwriting and ink, it is clear that several individuals provided identification. We have attempted to correctly identify all the photographs, but there are still some for which this information is lacking.
Languages: English Extent: 34 pages, 79 photographs Collection number: 2013.005 Repository: Department of Archives and Special Collections, University Libraries, Loma Linda University
Biographical / Historical Notes
E.G. (Edward Gunder) Olsen, 1856-1931 and Elizabeth “Lizzie” E. Hanson Olsen, 1857-1943
Edward Gunder Olsen was born in Jefferson County, Wisconsin, in 1856, the fourth son of Andres and Berte Olsen. Edward died at Mason City, Iowa on March 18, 1931.1 As a young man he attended Battle Creek College. In 1879, he decided to become a minister. His parents were not as supportive as one may think, having already three sons in the ministry, the oldest being Ole Andres Olsen. In 1881 he was ordained and soon was sent off to Iowa, where he worked until he was called to Europe in 1884 to help Elder John Gottlieb Matteson in Norway. He was married to Elizabeth Hanson on December 25, 1883, and they later had four children from the marriage. Elizabeth E. Hanson Olsen was born in Village Creek, Iowa, on July 24, 1857, and passed away on December 9, 1943, at the Boulder [Colorado] Sanitarium2. After seven years in Norway and Denmark, Edward and his family came back to the United States, living most of the time in Iowa. During this time, he was president of the Iowa Conference. In 1919 he was called to be the pastor of the Sioux Falls church in South Dakota. While there, he had five churches under his pastoral care. In 1928, the Olsens moved to Greely, Colorado to be near their daughter, but Edward did not find the living conditions (high altitude) to his liking. The Olsen family moved to a home in Oakland, Wisconsin. Records state he
1 Adventist Review and Sabbath Herald, 108.13 (1931): 28. 2 Central Union Reaper, 13.6 (1944): 7 was buried next to their oldest son, David, in Forest City, Iowa. The funeral was conducted in the Swedish Baptist Church, as the home church was too small to seat all the guests who attended the service. Elder Albert G. Christiansen presided over the services.
O.A. (Ole Andres) Olsen, 1845-1915
The first of five sons born to Andres and Berte Olsen, Ole Andres Olsen was born on July 28, 1845 in Skogan, Norway. At the age of five, the Olsen family immigrated to Wisconsin in 1850. In 1876, Olsen attended Battle Creek College. In 1873, the Wisconsin Conference issued Olsen a ministerial license and he began working among the growing Scandinavian immigrant population. Ole served as president of the Wisconsin conference 1874-76 and 1880-81; the Dakota conference from 1882-83; the Minnesota conference from 1883-85; and the Iowa conference from 1884-85. Ole then headed overseas to serve as president of the Norwegian, Danish and Swedish conferences. When the Adventist message entered the Scandinavian countries in 1886, the General Conference sent Olsen to lead the church there. While in Europe, Olsen was elected General Conference president, but did not take the presidency until a year later in May of 1889.3 After his presidency with the church, he went as a missionary to South Africa. In 1901, he was asked to head the work in Great Britain. At the time of his death of a heart attack on January 29, 1915, he occupied the position of General Secretary of the Foreign Department of the North American Division Conference of the Seventh-day Adventist Church.
Andrew D. Olsen, 1851-1890
The second son of Andres and Berte Olsen, Andrew D., received his ministerial license in 1876 and was ordained in 1880. Andrew served as president of the Dakota conference from 1883-1887, and the Minnesota conference from 1888-1889. Andrew died of pulmonary consumption in 1890 at the age of thirty-eight.4
Martin M. Olsen, 1854-1940
The third Olsen son, Martin M., was born in 1854 and received his ministerial license at the age of twenty-two. Martin served as a minister for ten years in Michigan and the Dakota Territory. In 1889 Martin was sent by the Church to Denmark, where he remained until his death in 1940. Martin served the Seventh-day Adventist church as a teacher, minister, editor, and conference president.
3 "Death of Elder O.A. Olsen (Obituaries)." Review and Herald 92.6 (1915): 2. General Conference Archives of Seventh-day Adventist. Web. 16 Apr. 2014.
J.G. (John Gottlieb) Matteson, 1835-1886
Born, May 1835 on the island of Langeland in Demark, John Gottlieb Matteson and family migrated to America in 1885 and lived in Brown County, Wisconsin. Raised as a Baptist, he attended a college in Chicago in order to become a Minister. It wasn’t until the fall of 1862, after careful investigation, Matteson converted to a Seventh-day Adventist5. A large part of his congregation followed Matteson in the move and the Poy Sippi Danish church was organized and became the second Scandinavian Adventist church in Wisconsin. Shortly after this move, he began publishing his own tracts and began distributing them. One in particular, Det Nye Testamentes Sabbat, (The New Testament Sabbath) helped further the churches evangelistic efforts. Another important publication that Matteson was instrumental in was the Advent Tidenle, a twenty-four page Danish journal. This publication first went to press in January of 1872. It was one of the first journals issued by the Church in a foreign language. Matteson was one of the Adventist pioneers station in Europe for ten years. During this time, he published articles in the Review and Herald about his travels. On March 30, 1886 Matteson died of Tuberculosis, in Santa Monica California. 6 An Interment Record shows that Matteson is buried at Woodland Cemetery in Santa Monica, California, with a headstone that reads “J.G. Matteson”.
W.C. (William Clarence) White, 1854-1937
Born in the summer of August 1854, William Clarence White was the son of James and Ellen White. ”Willie”, as his mother referred to him, helped Ellen with her travels, writings and publishing after his father’s death in 1881. On February 8, 1876 he married Mary E. Kelsey and they had a daughter Ella Mae in 1882. In the summer of 1887, Willie and Ellen G. White attended the first European camp-meeting of Seventh-day Adventist held on an island near Moss, Norway, where brothers O. A. and E. G. Olsen were working along with J. G. Matteson and others.7 William was one of four individuals entrusted with his mother’s estate after her death in 1915. He also served as secretary and director of the White Estate until his own death in 1937.
5 Olsen, Ole Andres. "Another Faithful Laborer Fallen." Review and Herald 73.15 (1869): 234. General Conference Archives of Seventh-day Adventist. Web. 21 Apr. 2014.
The album was a birthday gift from Edward Gunder Olsen to his wife L.E. [Elizabeth] Olsen on her 33rd birthday, July 24, 1890. Most of the photographs are members of the extended Olsen family, but also includes photos of Uriah Smith, William Clarence White and John Nevins Andrews, Goodloe Harper Bell, E. J. Waggoner, and others. All of the photos in this collection are mounted on thick card stock paper as carte de visites (4 x 2 ½ in.) or cabinet cards (4 ¼ x 6 ½ in.) Carte de visites, developed in France in 1854, were wildly popular and were used almost as trading cards. Friends and family members had a means of inexpensively obtaining photographs and sending them to loved ones in small envelopes. However, the carte de visite was soon replaced by the larger cabinet card in 1870. The larger cabinet cards were a widely-used style for photographic portraiture.
In many respects, this album contains a photographic history of the rise and progress of the Seventh-day Adventist church among the Scandinavians in America and Europe. The Andres and Berte Loe Olsen family was one of the first Norwegian immigrant families to embrace the Seventh-day Adventist message. Their five sons became ministers, conference presidents, editors and more. Photographs of members of the first Norwegian-Adventist families in America, and individuals who traveled to Europe to establish and foster the Scandinavian mission there are contained herein.
Administrative Information
Restrictions on access: None Terms governing use and reproduction: The Department of Archives and Special Collections adheres to all applicable copyright laws.
Provenance: Ken Sanders Rare Books, purchased, December 2013.
In December of 2013, the Department of Archives and Special Collections acquired the Olsen Family Photograph Album from a bookseller in Utah that specialized in Mormon materials. The bookseller had acquired the album several years before after noting the photograph of Uriah Smith, thinking it might be a relative of Joseph Smith. When the bookseller discovered that Uriah Smith was not a Mormon but an Adventist, the album was offered to Loma Linda University for its Seventh-day Adventist history collections. The album was of particular interest for its connection to the Scandinavian work of the Seventh-day Adventist Church.
Preferred citation: Published citations should take the following form: [item description], Olsen Family Photograph Album, University Libraries, Loma Linda University
Processing Information
Access Points Subjects (Individuals):
Ammundsen, P. A., 1808-?? Lisecock, Julia Andrews, John Nevins, 1829-1883 Matteson, Anna Sieverson Armitage, F. B. (Frank Benjamin), 1864-1952 Matteson, J. G. (John Gottlieb), 1835-1886 Armitage, John, 1872-?? McClenahan, Ella Johnson Armitage, Anna Olsen, 1859-1898 Nelson, Bertha, Armitage, Mary Mortensen Tripp, 1859-1950 Nelson, Nels Peter, ca.1871- Armitage, Phoebe Roselle Cash, 1873-1961 Nelson, E. G. Armitage, Violet Nelson, E. G. (Mrs.) Ball, Ella Olevarius, Dr. ?? Bell, Goodloe Harper, 1832-1899 Olsen, Alfred Berthier, 1869-1960 Bergersen, Elder Olsen, Andrew D., 1851-1890 Brorsen, Knud, 1846-1893 Olsen, Berte Loe Carroll, Della Johnson, 1884-1912 Olsen, Clarence Henry Nils, 1877-1889 Dahl, Kristine Olsen, Daisy Farnsworth, Vesta Jane Cady Olsen, Olsen, David 1855-1932 Olsen, Della Grundset, Lousia Olsen, Elizabeth E. Hanson, 1857-1943 Hansen, C. C. Olsen, Edward Gunder, 1856-1931 Hansen, Mary Johnson, 1879-1943 Olsen, Ole Andres, 1845-1915 Hansen, Henry H., 1873-1956 Olsen, Martin M., 1854-1940 Hanson, Margaret, ca. 1793-?? Olsen, Mary Huntington Poole Hanson, William, 1860- Oyen, Adolph B., 1858-1940 Heilsen, Mary Oyen, Jennie Sprague, 1848-1911 Henriksen, Henrik Ludvig, 1862-1951 Oyen, Albert Nelson, 1878- Holcomb, Reuben Oyen, Winifred J., 1880-1969 Holcomb, Hannah Hanson, 1856-1901 Robinson, Ella Mae White, 1882-1977 McClenahan, Ella Johnson Serns, Clara Johnson Jensen, Christian Carl, 1865-1950 Smith, Uriah, 1832-1903 Jensen, Eva Wood, 1859-1940 Steen, Rosa Johnson Johnson, Louis [or Lewis], 1851-1940 Thompson, Della B., 1874-1972 Johnson, Christine Henriksen, -1915 Tuttle, Mrs. Klement, Edith Mae Cash, 1879- Waggoner, Joseph Harvey, 1820-1889 Klement, George, 1873- White, Mary Kelsey, 1857-1890 Klement, Harold Cash, 1899-1976 White, W. C. (William Clarence), 1854-1937
Subjects (Organizations): Seventh-day Adventist Church Evangelism
Subjects (Topical and Geographical): Seventh-day Adventists – Church Growth – Wisconsin Seventh-day Adventists – Church Growth – Iowa Seventh-day Adventists – Church Growth – Norway Seventh-day Adventists – Church Growth – Denmark Seventh-day Adventists – Church Growth – Sweden Seventh-day Adventists – Church Work– Norway Seventh-day Adventists – Church Work -- Denmark Seventh-day Adventists – Europe Seventh-day Adventists – Scandinavia Seventh-day Adventists – Missionaries
Document types Photographs – albumen
Bibliography
Chilson, Adriel, D. Gospel Viking: The Story of John. G. Matteson. Thesis. Loma Linda, CA, Loma Linda University, 1980.
Christian, Lewis Harrison. Sons of the North: And Their Share in the Advent Movement. Mountain View, CA: Pacific Press Publishing Association, 1942.
Knight, George R. Historical Sketches of Foreign Missions. Berrien Springs, MI: Andrews University Press, 2005.
Ochs, Daniel A. and Grace Lillian Ochs. The Past and the Presidents: Biographies of the General Conference Presidents. Nashville, Tenn.: Southern Publishing Association, 1974.
Olsen, M. Ellsworth. A History of the Origin and Progress of Seventh-day Adventists. Takoma Park, Washington, D.C.: Review and Herald Publishing Association, 1932. 3rd ed.
Onsager, Lawrence W. “Pilgrims in a Strange Land: The First Norwegian-American Seventh-day Adventist Church in the United States.” Adventist Heritage Magazine 11 (1986) 33-39.
Seventh-day Adventist Encyclopedia. 2nd rev. ed. Hagerstown, MD: Review and Herald Publishing Association, 1996. Vol. A-L and Vol. M-Z.
Related Material
See the University Libraries catalog for books, periodicals, document files and other materials related to the subjects and access points found in this collection. Of particular note are the other Olsen family collections. Both of the collections listed below contain information and photographs about many other Olsen family members.
Clarence Wilmott Olsen Collection
Alfred B. Olsen Collection
Allen and Johnson Family Photographs
Nelson Family Photogaphs
Container List
Collection Note: The Olsen Family Photograph Album is composed of 17 leaves that form pockets with various number of photograph windows on each side of the leaf. The pages are a cream color, heavy weight paper measuring 8 1/4 x 11 in. All photographs (except those noted in the finding aid) are surrounded by a decorative border. Eight pages in the album feature a watercolor image of mountains, shorelines and marinas in Norway. All pages have a gilt border and all edges are gilt as well.
Key: B&W = Black and White Recto = Front Verso = Back
All album pages are 8 1/4 x 11 in.
Page Item Description Front Front Brown, padded leather album cover with embossed wild flowers Cover Cover and lettering, “Album”. 8 ½ x 11 ½ in.
1 [Verso] “Compliments from E.G. [Edward Gunder] Olsen to L. E. [Elizabeth] Olsen. July 24th 1890 – Birthday” written in black ink.
2 Album page with printed watercolor painting showing a mountainside, cottages, and a waterfall. Location is identified as Ulefos, [Norway]. Page has opening for one photograph.
2a Elder O.A. [Ole Andres] Olsen. S.S. Hull & Son Photographers, Battle Creek, Mich. 4 x 6 inches. Sepia toned. 3 Album page with opening for one photograph within a gilt arched border. Opening is 5 ½ x 4 in.
3a “Elder Andrew D. Olsen. Andrew died when president of the Minnesota Conference.” 4 x 6 inches. Sepia toned. S.S. Hull & Son Photographers, Battle Creek, Mich. 4 Album page with four gilt-bordered, arched openings for photographs.
4a “Mrs. J.G. [John Gottlieb] Matteson.” – Anna Sieverson Matteson – 4 x 2 ½ in. Ernest & Company. Stockholm. Clara Bergsgatan 52A. 4b “Elder J.G. [John Gottlieb] Matteson”, 4 x 2 ½ in., Sepia toned. Ernest & Company. Stockholm. Clara Bergsgatan 52A. 4c “Elder G.W. Bell”, 4 x 2 ½ in., Sepia toned. On verso: “Crisfell”
4d “Elder Uriah Smith”, 4 x 2 ½ in., B&W. On verso: “Crisfell” 5 Album page with four gilt-bordered, arched openings for photographs. 5a “Elder Waggoner” – Joseph Harvey Waggoner. 4 x 2 ½ in., sepia toned. 5b “Elder J.N. [John Nevins] Andrews”, 4 x 2 ½ in. 5c “Elder M. [Martin] M. Olsen”, 4 x 2 ½ in., sepia toned. On verso: O. A. Nelson, Photographer, Cambridge, Wisconsin. 5d “Mrs. M. [Martin] M. Olsen”, 4 x 2 ½ in., sepia toned. On verso: Hartley 309 West Madison Street, Chicago. Gold print. 6 Album page with printed watercolor painting of Hammerfest, Norway. One gilt-edged, arched opening. 6a “Elder W.C. [William Clarence] White”. 4 x 6 in., sepia toned. On verso: “Olsen” in pencil. 7 Album page with one gilt-edged, arched opening. 7a “Mrs. Mary Kelsey White. Mrs. W.C. [William Clarence] White holding Ella Mae White Robinson”. 4 x 6 in., sepia toned. On verso: “Olsen” in pencil. 8 Album page with four oval, gilt-edged openings for photographs. 8a “H.L. Hendricksen Colporteur in Denmark”. This is Henrik Ludvig Henriksen. 3 ½ x 2 in., sepia toned. 8b Unidentified male wearing a coat buttoned up to the collar. 3 ½ x 2 in., sepia toned. On verso: Bródr Larm Bergen
8c Unidentified male with short buzzed hair, wearing a buttoned-up coat with a tab collar shirt. 3 ½ x 2 in., sepia toned. On verso: M. Rosenland. Skien. Gold lettering. 8d “Elder Bergersen”. 3 ½ x 2 inches, B&W. On verso: Wesenberg 9 Album page with four oval, gilt-bordered openings for photographs. 9a Unidentified male wearing coat over a band collar shirt with a bowtie. Fotograf Ekberg | Youngstorvet 3. | Kristiania. 4 x 2 ½ in., pink toning. On verso: Ekberg. 9b Unidentified male, possibly early twenties, wearing a stand collar shirt under a wool coat. 4 x 2 ½ in., pink toning. On verso: Bródr Larm Bergen 9c “Mrs. Peter [Bertha] Nelson, wife of Dr. [Peter] Nelson of Skodsberg”. 4 x 2 ½ in., pink toning. On verso: Oslo Fotografisk Atelier. Christiania Schwigaards Gade 51. 9d Unidentified female, possibly in her teens, wearing a high-collared dress. On collar appears to be a brooch in the shape of a horse shoe. Fotograf Ekberg | Youngstorvet 3. | Kristiania. 4 x 2 ½ in., pink toning. On verso: Ekberg. 10 Album page with printed watercolor scene of a seaside port in Haugesund, Norway. One gilt-edged oval opening for photograph. 10a “Mrs. Tuttle”. 4 x 5 ½ in., B&W. Note green script on cabinet card, “C.B. Strawn, Mt. Etna, Iowa” 11 Album page with one gilt-edged, arched opening for photograph. 11a “Dr. A.B [Alfred Berthier] Olsen”. 4 x 5 ½ in. On Verso: in black ink - “To Aunt Lizzie” [Elizabeth E. Hanson Olsen]. 12 Album page with four gilt-edged, arched openings for photographs. 12a “Mrs. A.B. Oyen”. 3 ½ x 2 in. On verso: Aug Haraldsson. Nedre Slotsgade 19. Hjörn af Cal Johansgade. Christiania. Note: This would be Jennie Sprague Oyen 12b “Professor A.B. Oyen”. 3 ½ x 2 in. On verso: Aug Haraldsson. Nedre Slotsgade 19. Hjörn af Cal Johansgade. Christiania. 12c Portrait of unidentified family. Female is sitting down, wearing a typical Victorian gown with hair pulled into bun on top of her head. She is also holding a baby who is wearing a six button down coat with a lace collar. Gentleman is standing next to a column, upon which he is leaning with his left arm. He is wearing a band collar shirt under a button down pea coat style coat. Two columns can be seen in the background. 3 ½ x 2 in. On verso: Viggo A. Chr. Lassen. Fotografisk Etablissement 42, Østergade . Kjøbenhavn. Note: This is possibly C. C. [Christian Carl] Jensen, his wife Eva Wood Jensen, and child.
12d “The Oyen Children”. 3 ½ x 2 in., pink toning. On verso: H. Maartmann. Christiania. 13 Album page with four gilt-edged, arched opening for photographs. 13a “Della Olsen, Anita’s mother, Daughter of M.M. Olsen” 4 x 2 ½ in. Note gold text on bottom of cabinet card: Haynes Fargo, D.T. 13b “Clarence [Henry Nils] Olsen, Brother of A.B. [Alfred Berthier] & M. E. [Mahlon Ellsworth] Olsen. Died in Norway when a child”. 4 x 2 ½ in. 13c “Mrs. E.G. [Edward Gunder] Olsen [Elizabeth Hanson Olsen]. David and Daisy”. 4 x 2 ½ in. On verso: H. Maartmann. Christiania.
13d Portrait of an unidentified child standing next to a wicker chair. Note: This is possibly David Olsen, son of E. G. Olsen. The child is wearing the same outfit as he is in the previous photograph, with the lace collar that Daisy is wearing in the previous photograph. 4 x 2 ½ in. On Verso: P. Hansen Fotografisk Atelier. Kjøbenhavn. 14 Album page with one gilt-edged oval opening for photograph. Printed watercolor illustration of Arundal [Norway] shows ships and boats at dock with buildings lining the harbor. 14a “Vesta J. Cady Olsen Farnsworth” 4 ½ x 6 ½ in. On verso: S.S. Hull & Son Photographers, Battle Creek, Mich. Note: Vesta was the wife of Andrew D. Olsen, who died in 1890. Vesta then married E. W. Farnsworth in 1893. 15 Album page with one gilt-edged rectangular arched opening for photograph. 15a Caption beneath photograph opening reads: “E.G. [Edward Gunder] Olsen wedding, December 25, 1884.” Note: the photograph is not of a wedding, but of two nurses with diplomas in hand. 4 ½ x 6 ½ in. 16 Album page with four gilt-edged, oval opening for photographs. 16a Portrait of unidentified male, wearing a classic collar shirt and a coat. 4 x 2 ½ in. On verso: T.N. Bergren | Piano Tuner and Music Teacher | -Dealer in-Pianos and Organs | Photographer and Retoucher | Agent for Inman and Allan Ocean lines. | Elgin, Iowa
16b “William Hanson.” 4 x 2 ½ in. On verso: A.C. Jones | Photographer | Specialties: Children’s Pictures, Copying and Enlarging, Bromide and Crayon Portraits at Low Rates | Duplicates of this picture can be had at any time. | Studios: 66 West Third Street and 209 East Third Street | Winona, Minn. Note: William Hanson was the brother of Elizabeth E. Hanson Olsen. 16c Portrait of Ella Ball, daughter of Worcester Ball. 4 x 2 ½ in. On verso: Christensen & Morange. Kjøbenhavn. 16d Portrait of Kristine Dahl. 4 x 2 ½ in. On verso: R. Ovesen. Kongensgade No. 13. “Fil H. Olsen fra Kristine Dahl 5-9-86” in black ink. 17 Album page with four gilt-edged, oval openings for photographs. 17a Portrait of unidentified male, wearing a two piece vintage tweed suit. Man is sitting in an upholstered wooden chair and to his left is a circular end table with a two-handled vase. 4 x 2 ½ in. On verso: S. Körner. Christiania Skien. 17b Recto: Oval portrait of unidentified female wearing a wool dress with brooch attached to collar. 4 x 2 ½ in. On verso: Halfed Lunde Moss 17c Portrait of unidentified female, wearing a dress with a small collar of net lace. 4 x 2 ½ in. On verso: S. Körner. Christiania Skien. 17d Portrait of unidentified female, wearing a two-piece dress suit with a button down top; stand collar with white trim. 4 x 2 ½ in. On verso: Wilhelmine Hermansen. Kjøbenhavn. 18 Album page with oval, gilt-edged opening for one photograph. Printed watercolor scene is of Bergen, Norway. 18a “Julia Lisecock” B&W. 5 ½ x 4 in. Embossed print [script] “Hayer” “Audubon, Iowa.” Photograph appears to be a copy. 19 Album page with one rectangular, gilt-edged, arched opening for photograph. 19a “The Hendricksen Children of H.L Henriksen”. 4 x 5 ½ in. Two boys, in matching suits, and one girl. On verso: Elleby & Türck | Nórrebrogade 52 | Kjøbenhavn, N. 20 Album page with four gilt-edged, arched openings for photographs. 20a Portrait of unidentified man and woman. The gentleman, featured on the left side is wearing a three-piece suit with a long coat and boots. Female, on the right, is wearing a two-piece, button down dress with a pilgrim style lace collar with a brooch pinned in the middle. 4 x 2 ½ in. On verso: O.A. Nelson, Photographer, Cambridge, Wis. 20b Portrait of unidentified elderly couple. Gentleman, on the left is wearing a three-piece suit with tie. Woman is wearing a two piece dress with a bonnet tied under her chin, and jabot. 4 x 2 ½ in. On verso: Andre Hanssen | Fotografisk-Forrenting | Laurving Prindsensgade | Pladen opbevares.
20c Portrait of an unidentified young woman, wearing a button down blouse with a stand collar and a flower brooch pinned to the center of the collar. Fotograf Ekberg | Youngstorvet 3. | Kristiania. 4 x 2 ½ in. On verso: Ekberg.
20d “Karen Schlanbush, daughter of C.C. Hansen” Fotograf Ekberg | Youngstorvet 3. | Kristiania. 4 x 2 ½ in. On verso: Ekberg. 21 Album page with four rectangular, gilt-edged, arched openings for photographs. 21a Portrait of an unidentified woman, standing next to a columned banister, holding a hat. Fotograf Ekberg | Youngstorvet 3. | Kristiania. 4 x 2 ½ in. On verso: Ekberg. 21b “Mrs. Elizabeth Hanson-Olsen”, Fotograf Ekberg | Youngstorvet 3. | Kristiania. 4 x 2 ½ in. On verso: Ekberg. 21c Portrait of two unidentified women. The woman on the left is sitting in an arm chair wearing a typical Victorian gown with a brooch centered on the collar. The woman on the right is standing wearing a two-piece dress. 4 x 2 ½ in. On verso: Jul Jorgensen | Algade No. 49 | Alborg | No. [Black ink] 3098 21d “Mrs. Andrew Olsen, mother of O.A. [Ole Andres], E.G. [Edward Gunder] etc. Mother of five Ministers and four daughters”. 4 x 2 ½ in. On verso: O.A. 22 Album page with one gilt-edged, oval opening for photograph. Printed watercolor scene of Oksö Eyr. 22a “Brother Ammundsen”. 5 ½ x 4 in. On verso: in pencil “P. A. Ammundsen | age will be 79 Dec 26, 1887 | Rec’d June 13 1897” 23 Album page with one rectangular, gilt-edged, arched opening for photograph. 23a “Reuben Holcomb, Hannah Hanson Holcomb, William Hanson, Mother Margaret Hanson”. 4 x 6 in. Solberg, Decorah, IA. Note: Elizabeth Hanson Olsen’s family – her sister Hannah, who married Reuben Holcomb on 28 Nov 1895; her brother William; and her mother Margaret. Hannah Hanson Holcomb died on 17 Aug 1901, therefore this photograph had to have been taken after her marriage in 1895 and before her death in 1901.
24 Album page with four rectangular, gilt-edged, arched openings for photographs. Note: Brown acidic staining from facing page. 24a “Knud Brorsen”. 4 x 2 ½ in. On verso: L. Dinesen. Overgade 11. Odense Filial: Otterup. 24b Unidentified male, wearing a coat over a stand collar shirt and fashioned with a bow-tie. 4 x 2 ½ in. On verso: Pláten förvaras | Nerlien 24c “Daisy Olsen”. 4 x 2 ½ in. Daughter of E. G. and Elizabeth Olsen. On verso: Andre Hanssen | Fotografisk-Forrenting | Laurving Prindsensgade | Pladen opbevares. 24d “Della Thompson”. 4 x 2 ½ in. On verso: A.A. Houghton | Photographic Artist, | Lansing. Iowa. 25 Album page with four rectangular, gilt-edged, arched openings for photographs. 25a “Dr. Olevarius.” 4 x 2 ½ in. On verso: F.E. Hansen | Roskilde | Filial Holbæk • Grundlagt 1864 • Filial Skibby | Jyderup | Pladen Opbevares For Efterbestilling 25b “Elder E.G. [Edward Gunder] Olsen” 4 x 2 ½ in. On verso: C.T. Thorkildsen 25c Unidentified female, wearing a button down suit jacket/top with a black velvet collar. Pinned to the middle of the collar is a flower brooch. 4 x 2 ½ in. On verso: Andre Hanssen | Fotografisk- Forrenting | Laurving Prindsensgade | Pladen opbevares. 25d “Louisa Grundset” 4 x 2 ½ in. On verso: C.T. Thorkildsen 26 Album page with small oval, gilt-edged opening for photograph. Printed watercolor scene of Risö, Norway. 26a “Ragnhild Otterbeck Mrs. Andrew Nelson first wife” Photograph missing at time of processing. 27 Album page with four oval, gilt-edged openings for photographs. 27a “Eld. Louis Johnson” Fotograf Ekberg | Youngstorvet 3. | Kristiania. 4 x 2 ½ in. On verso: Ekberg. 27b “Mrs. Louis Johnson” Fotograf Ekberg | Youngstorvet 3. | Kristiania. 4 x 2 ½ in. On verso: Ekberg. We believe this to be Louis’ first wife, Christine Henriksen Johnson, who died in 1915. 27c “Mrs. E.G. [Edward Gunder] Olsen. [Elizabeth Hanson Olsen]. 4 x 2 ½ in. Aug Haraldsson, Christiania. 27d “Elder E.G. [Edward Gunder] Olsen” 4 x 2 ½ in. ST. Verso: Aug Haraldsson. Nedre Slotsgade 19. Hjörn af Cal Johansgade. Christiania. 28 Album page with four gilt-edged, oval opening for photographs.
28a “Ella Johnson, daughter of Louis Johnson” 4 x 2 ½ in. On verso: F. Lorentzen | Christiania | Kongensgade 25 | Pladen opbevares. Note: Although the caption reads “Ella Johnson”, we believe that this photo is Della Johnson (b. 1884). Ella Johnson was born in 1919, to Louis and his second wife Magda, much later than when this photo was taken. 28b “Mary Johnson, daughter of Louis Johnson. Married Henry Hansen, son of C.C. Hansen” 4 x 2 ½ in. On verso: F. Lorentzen | Christiania | Kongensgade 25 | Pladen opbevares. Note: C. C. Hansen began the Seventh-day Adventist publishing work in Denmark. 28c “Mrs. H.L Hendricksen [Hendriksen]” 4 x 2 ½ in. On verso: Elleby & Türck | Nórrebrogade 52 | Pladen opbevares 28d “Mr. H.L. Hendricksen [Hendriksen]” 4 x 2 ½ in. On verso: in pencil “4523” 29 Album page with four rectangular, gilt-edged, arched openings for photographs. 29a Portrait of unidentified couple; Male, seated, is wearing a three- piece suit with tie and boots. Female is standing on the right, wearing a two piece dress with white blouse and lace scarf draped around her neck. 4 x 2 ½ in. On verso: E. Olsen | Fotograf | Sóndre Gade 6 | Trondhjem | Pladen Opbevares.
29b Two unidentified women; both wearing coats, hats and floor length dresses. The woman on the left is slightly taller than the woman on the right. She is also wearing spectacles and is holding an open book in the palm of her hand. The woman on the right is also wearing spectacles and is holding an object (book or clutch bag) in the crook of her arm. 4 x 2 ½ in. On verso: H. Maartmann. Christiania. 29c “Mary Heilsen” 4 x 2 ½ in. On verso: H. Maartmann. Christiania.
29d Unidentified female with hair pulled and styled in bun behind head. Silk scarf tie in bow around neck. 4 x 2 ½ in. On verso: H. Maartmann. Christiania. 30 Album page with one large oval, gilt-edged opening for photograph. Printed watercolor scene of Aurlandsfjord.
30a “Grandfather Andrew Olsen, father of O.A. [Ole Andes] Olsen. Father of five Ministers” 4 x 6 in. 31 Album page with one rectangular, gilt-edged, arched opening for photograph. 31a “Mr. and Mrs. John Armitage – Anna Olsen” 4 x 6 in. Note: As Anna Olsen married Frank Benjamin Armitage, we believe the woman to be Phoebe Roselle Cash Armitage, John’s wife. “Anna Olsen” underneath the caption was written in a different hand.
32 Album page with one rectangular, gilt-edged, arched opening for photograph. 32a “Mr. and Mrs. George Klement parents of Harold” 4 x 6 in. On verso: Faint writing in pencil: “Uncle Edward and family| From Geo & Edith.” Note: George and Edith Mae Cash Klement, parents of Harold Cash Klement. Edith Mae was the daughter of Elmer Cash and Jane Olsen Cash, sister of E. G. Olsen. 33 Album page with one rectangular, gilt-edged, arched opening for photograph. 33a “Elder and Mrs. F.B. [Frank Benjamin] Armitage and daughter Violet” 4 x 5 ½ in. Frank Benjamin Armitage married Anna [Annie] Olsen and had one daughter, Violet, by her. Both Anna and Violet died in Africa. Frank then married Mary Mortensen Tripp. 34 Album page [rear free endpaper recto] with two photographs affixed to page. 34a “Elder and Mrs. E.G. [Edward Gunder] Olsen” 4 ½ x 2 ½ in. B&W copy. 34b Elder Edward Gunder Olsen, his wife Elizabeth Hanson Olsen and their four children – David, Daisy (standing behind parents) with another daughter to Elizabeth’s left and the youngest son Floyd sitting on Edward’s lap. 5 ½ x 6 ½ in. Back Back Brown, rubbed leather with embossed design and four brass tacks, Cover Cover one in each corner.
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