S. J. (Sam) Aandahl family in front of farm home, Litchville, N.D., ca. 1912

Item — Folder: 1, Object: 2

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Scope and Contents

From the Collection: The Fred G. Aandahl Family Photograph Collection includes a variety of images taken of Fred and Luella Aandahl, their daughters, as well as of his parents and the extended Aandahl family. The original prints, both those donated and copied, came from daughter Louise Stockman. Other than the portraits, all were taken on the Aandahl farm near Litchville, N.D. The collection has been organized into four series: Family portraits, Portraits, Campaign snapshots, and Aandahl children. The Family Portraits Series includes copy photographic prints of the Fred G. Aandahl family, Mr. and Mrs. S. J. (Sam) Aandahl and sons standing in front of their farm home, and a studio portrait of the S. J. (Sam) Aandahl family. The Portrait Series contains two formal studio portraits of Fred G. Aandahl, one taken in 1948 and the other in 1958. Both are original prints. The 1944 Campaign Snapshots Series was taken for an article published in the Fargo Forum newspaper (June 4, 1944) regarding Aandahl’s campaign for North Dakota governor. They show various scenes of the family in their home, Luella Aandahl at her electric stove, the daughters by the piano, and Fred in various outdoor scenes, including on a tractor and with farm livestock. All the images were taken by a Fargo Forum photographer. The Aandahl Children Series images were acquired in 2003 in connection with the donation of daughter Margaret Aandahl Moran’s manuscript Thistle Houses: A Series of Autobiographical Episodes (Small Collection 783). The series includes copy photographic prints of Margaret Aandahl as a small child and teenager, and various views of all three sisters taken out-of-doors. Some illustrate activities about which Mrs. Moran wrote in her manuscript. All the images were taken by their father, Fred Aandahl.