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Collection: 00441 - Mark J. Halvorson Photograph Collection
Folder: DIG.001
Item: 00204
Title: Alvin Melford Halvorson in Uniform
Date: circa 1941
Creator: Halvorson, Mark J
Summary: Alvin Melford Halvorson, a member of Company D, 164th Infantry, North Dakota National Guard. They were federalized in February of 1941 and shipped to Camp Claiborne, Louisiana for training. The image must have been taken later in 1941. On December 8, 1941, their unit joined a truck convoy leaving Camp Claiborne for the west coast. My Dad. __Description from Mark Halvorson.
Red ID: PH_I_221179 Image ID: 459962 Image Notes: 00441-00204

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.

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