Details

Collection: 00441 - Mark J. Halvorson Photograph Collection
Folder: 0002.000
Item: 00016
Title: Theresa Bischoff and Alvin Melford Halvorson head and shoulders studio wedding portrait
Date: 01/21/1946
Creator: Cooper Studio (Grand Forks, N.D.)
Summary: Head and shoulders studio portrait of Theresa Bischoff and Alvin Melford Halvorson taken on the occasion of their wedding, January 21, 1946. Theresa is standing in front of Alvin's right shoulder wearing a medium-toned coat over a white blouse with a pearl necklace, rose corsage and black veil on her head. Alvin is wearing a dark suit, white shirt, dark patterned tie with carnation boutonnière.
Red ID: PH_I_151585 Image ID: 109184 Image Notes: 00441-00016

Collection: 00441 Digitized Images from Collection
Title: Mark J. Halvorson Photograph Collection
Date: 1898-2018

Summary: Consists of Halvorson, Bischoff, and Schwann family photographs. Image subjects include portraits of family members, gardens, farming activities, winter, ice fishing, Norwegians, and Germans from Russia. There are several images of Mark J. Halvorson's work at the State Historical Society of North Dakota.

Enter a subject or term in one or both of the “Search” boxes.

  • “Item Detail” searches the Title, Creator and Summary fields of all item-level records.
  • “Collection Number” searches the Collection Number field only and requires an exact match.

The “DETAILS” button provides additional information about an item, as well as the following options:

  • “Collection Summary” details the contents of the entire collection in which the selected item is located.
  • You can print the image and its corresponding details by selecting “Print".
  • “Digitized Images from the Collection” returns a list of all digitized items within that collection (available from the “Collection Summary” screen).

Click on image to expand/zoom the image view.

“Photobook home” takes you back to the main Photobook page where you can start a new search.

“Featured Collections” showcases new and/or popular collections and the digitized images within those collections.


Information on how to order copies is located here.

The collections preserved in the North Dakota State Archives include over a million images. Only a small percentage of these images have been digitized. This photo gallery provides a preview of the images that have been digitized.

For more information on the non-digitized images, please refer to the finding aids found on our website at history.nd.gov, or ask a member of our reference staff for assistance.