Collection

Collection: 00441 - Mark J. Halvorson Photograph Collection
Folder: 0002.000
Item: 00036
Date: 1953
Creator: Hansen Studio (Rugby, N.D.)
Title: Elizabeth (Schwan) Bischoff, studio portrait Rugby (N.D.)
Collection: 00441 - Mark J. Halvorson Photograph Collection
Folder: 0002.000
Item: 00038
Date: 1899
Creator: Marshall Studio (Aberdeen, S.D.)
Title: Peter Bischoff, head and shoulders studio portrait Aberdeen (S.D.)
Collection: 00441 - Mark J. Halvorson Photograph Collection
Folder: 0002.000
Item: 00039
Date: 1953
Creator: Hansen Studio (Rugby, N.D.)
Title: Nicholas Bischoff, studio portrait Rugby (N.D.)
Collection: 00441 - Mark J. Halvorson Photograph Collection
Folder: DIG.001
Item: 00041
Date: 09/17/1966
Creator: Halvorson, Theresa Bischoff
Title: Mark Halvorson with his 8 pound beet Green Ribbon award raised for 4H on farm in Pleasant Lake Township, Benson County (N.D.)
Collection: 00441 - Mark J. Halvorson Photograph Collection
Folder: DIG.001
Item: 00043
Date: 6/1973
Creator: Halvorson, Theresa Bischoff
Title: Mark Halvorson and sister with hail on farm in Pleasant Lake Township, Benson County (N.D.)
Collection: 00441 - Mark J. Halvorson Photograph Collection
Folder: DIG.001
Item: 00057
Date: 1972
Creator: Halvorson, Theresa Bischoff
Title: Judy Halvorson, Karla Halvorson, and Mark Halvorson with strawberries on farm in Pleasant Lake Township, Benson County (N.D.)
Collection: 00441 - Mark J. Halvorson Photograph Collection
Folder: DIG.001
Item: 00060
Date: 05/1950
Creator: Halvorson, Mark J
Title: Grandpa and his fruit trees in bloom on farm Pleasant Lake Township, Benson County (N.D.)
Collection: 00441 - Mark J. Halvorson Photograph Collection
Folder: 0002.000
Item: 00015
Date: 1905
Creator: Halvorson, Mark J
Title: Ole Halvorson and Bertha Frederickson head and shoulders studio portrait
Collection: 00441 - Mark J. Halvorson Photograph Collection
Folder: 0003.000
Item: 00077
Date: 7/1950
Creator: Halvorson, Mark J
Title: Theresa Bischoff Halvorson seated next to Sakakawea statue on North Dakota State Capitol grounds in Bismarck (N.D.)
Collection: 00441 - Mark J. Halvorson Photograph Collection
Folder: 0003.000
Item: 00078
Date: 7/1950
Creator: Halvorson, Mark J
Title: Alvin Melford "Mel" Halvorson in front of North Dakota State Capitol with Liberty Bell visible inside
Collection: 00441 - Mark J. Halvorson Photograph Collection
Folder: 0003.000
Item: 00083
Date: 03/15/1953
Creator: Halvorson, Mark J
Title: Alvin Melford "Mel" Halvorson with Janice Halvorson and Byron Halvorson and dog rural Pleasant Lake Township, Benson County (N.D.)
Collection: 00441 - Mark J. Halvorson Photograph Collection
Folder: 0003.000
Item: 00077
Date: 7/1950
Creator: Halvorson, Mark J
Title: Theresa Bischoff Halvorson seated next to Sakakawea statue on North Dakota State Capitol grounds in Bismarck (N.D.)
Collection: 00441 - Mark J. Halvorson Photograph Collection
Folder: 0003.000
Item: 00078
Date: 7/1950
Creator: Halvorson, Mark J
Title: Alvin Melford "Mel" Halvorson in front of North Dakota State Capitol with Liberty Bell visible inside
Collection: 00441 - Mark J. Halvorson Photograph Collection
Folder: 0003.000
Item: 00081
Date: 10/1952
Creator: Halvorson, Mark J
Title: Alvin Melford "Mel" Halvorson with Janice Halvorson and Byron Halvorson and horses, Stub and Dan in Pleasant Lake Township, Benson County (N.D.)
Collection: 00441 - Mark J. Halvorson Photograph Collection
Folder: 0003.000
Item: 00083
Date: 03/15/1953
Creator: Halvorson, Mark J
Title: Alvin Melford "Mel" Halvorson with Janice Halvorson and Byron Halvorson and dog rural Pleasant Lake Township, Benson County (N.D.)
Collection: 00441 - Mark J. Halvorson Photograph Collection
Folder: 0003.000
Item: 00085
Date: 4/1954
Creator: Halvorson, Mark J
Title: Andrew Sattler and Alvin Melford "Mel" Halvorson fooling around trying to open the snow covered road rural Pleasant Lake Township, Benson County (N.D.)
Collection: 00441 - Mark J. Halvorson Photograph Collection
Folder: 0003.000
Item: 00093
Date: 1952-1953
Creator: Halvorson, Theresa Bischoff
Title: Janice and Byron Halvorson near the only snowbank on their farm in rural Pleasant Lake Township, Benson County (N.D.) in winter of 1952-1953
Collection: 00441 - Mark J. Halvorson Photograph Collection
Folder: 0003.000
Item: 00094
Date: 02/1953
Creator: Halvorson, Theresa Bischoff
Title: Janice and Byron Halvorson with their cat Tiger, rural Pleasant Lake Township, Benson County (N.D.)
Collection: 00441 - Mark J. Halvorson Photograph Collection
Folder: 0003.000
Item: 00095
Date: 05/1961
Creator: Halvorson, Theresa Bischoff
Title: Byron Halvorson and his horse, Daisy on farm in rural Pleasant Lake Township, Benson County (N.D.)
Collection: 00441 - Mark J. Halvorson Photograph Collection
Folder: 0003.000
Item: 00098
Date: 3/29/1964
Creator: Halvorson, Mark J
Title: Theresa Bischoff Halvorson with her family on Easter Sunday inside their home in rural Pleasant Lake Township, Benson County (N.D.)
Collection: 00441 - Mark J. Halvorson Photograph Collection
Folder: 0003.000
Item: 00100
Date: 1966
Creator: Halvorson, Theresa Bischoff
Title: Duane Halvorson and his Grand Champion heifer Daisy on the farm in rural Pleasant Lake Township, Benson County (N.D.)
Collection: 00441 - Mark J. Halvorson Photograph Collection
Folder: 0003.000
Item: 00101
Date: 1966
Creator: Halvorson, Theresa Bischoff
Title: Mark and Karla Halvorson sitting on their horse, Daisy on their farm in rural Pleasant Lake Township, Benson County (N.D.)
Collection: 00441 - Mark J. Halvorson Photograph Collection
Folder: 0003.000
Item: 00102
Date: 1967
Creator: Halvorson, Theresa Bischoff
Title: Mark, Karla, and Judy Halvorson with snowmen on their farm in rural Pleasant Lake Township, Benson County (N.D.)
Collection: 00441 - Mark J. Halvorson Photograph Collection
Folder: 0003.000
Item: 00103
Date: 1969
Creator: Halvorson, Theresa Bischoff
Title: Judy Halvorson in snowdrifts by barn on the farm in rural Pleasant Lake Township, Benson County (N.D.)
Collection: 00441 - Mark J. Halvorson Photograph Collection
Folder: 0003.000
Item: 00105
Date: 1969
Creator: Halvorson, Theresa Bischoff
Title: Snowdrifts by barn on the farm in rural Pleasant Lake Township, Benson County (N.D.)

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