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Andrew Amundsen Family

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The Andrew Amundsen family is posing around a table adorned with a knit cloth. Andrew and his wife, Sarah, are in rocking chairs with cloths over the backs. Their frame house is behind them. The 1870 census listed the Andrew Amundsen family as consisting of Andrew, 52; Sarah, 45; Gjertrud, 18; Lausa, 15; Helena, 12; Lewis, 9; and Susania, 7. Andreas Larsen Dahl married Gjertrud Amundsen, second from right, in August 1878.

Date Created:
1877
Creator:
Dahl, Andreas Larsen, 1844-1923

Publication Information

Creator
Dahl, Andreas Larsen, 1844-1923
Contributor
Dahl, Lewis
Date Created
1877

Physical Description

Format
Image
Extent
1 photograph
Dimensions
11 x 13 cm

Collection Information

Call Number
(D3)33
Media Number
Box 1

Copyright Information

Copyright Status
NO COPYRIGHT - UNITED STATES
Rights Holder
Wisconsin Historical Society
Unique ID
W011OAA
Legacy ID
WHi 25454

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Andrew Amundsen Family

Andrew Amundsen Family

circa 1870-1879

The Andrew Amundsen family is posed around a table adorned with a knit cloth. Andrew and his wife, Sarah, are in rocking chairs with cloths over the backs. Their frame house is behind them. The 187...

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Andrew Amundsen Family

Andrew Amundsen Family

1877

The Andrew Amundsen family is sitting around a table covered in a white knit cloth. Some of them are holding books. Their frame house is in the background. In 1870, according to the census, the Amu...

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Andrew Amundsen Family Pose near House

Andrew Amundsen Family Pose near House

1870

The Andrew Amundsen family posing in front of their frame house with some of their furniture. A quilt is on the back of one chair and a shawl is on the back of another. A table is adorned with a wh...

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Andrew Amundsen Family Pose near House

Andrew Amundsen Family Pose near House

1870

Detail from original. Original caption reads: "The Andrew Amundsen family posing in front of their frame house with some of their furniture. A quilt is on the back of one chair and a shawl is on th...

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Dahl and Amundsen Families

Dahl and Amundsen Families

1883

The right half of an albumen stereograph of the Dahl and Amundsen families in front of the Amundsen home in Lodi, Wisconsin. From left to right seated are Andrew Dahl, his father-in-law Andrew Amun...

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Gjertrud Amundsen Dahl

Gjertrud Amundsen Dahl

1878

Gjertrud Amundsen Dahl, the wife of Andrew Dahl, in a studio portrait taken by her husband. The reverse of the photograph reads "A.L. Dahl, Landscape Photographer, DeForest, Wis." She married A.L. ...

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