Photograph
Anders Moldstad Family
| A family seated around a table that has a fringed cloth. The children sit in small chairs and a woman holds a baby. The frame house behind a picket fence has a "ten commandments" type window in its front door, and small windows on an addition. The front door has shutters along its side. Possibly the Anders Moldstad family. |
| Image ID: | 26791 |
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| Creation Date: | circa 1880 |
| Creator Name: | Dahl, Andreas Larsen, 1844-1923 |
| City: | De Forest |
| County: | Dane |
| State: | Wisconsin |
| Collection Name: | Andreas Larsen Dahl photographs, 1870-1880, 1910-1915 |
| Genre: | Photograph |
| Original Format Type: | negative, original |
| Original Format Number: | (D31)356 |
| Original Dimensions: | 4 x 5 inches |
| Right side stereograph. Compare with Image IDs: 26678, 26681, 27016. Also spelled Molstad. According to his obituary in the DeForest Times on 27 Jan 1899, Anders Moldstad was born 24 Aug 1843 in Vestre Toten, Norway. He emigrated in 1868, working in Decorah IA for several months before working in Lodi WI for 4 years. In 1872 he returned to Norway to marry Johanne Karine Berg; they returned to WI and settled in August 1873 in DeForest, where he was a successful merchant. He died there on 24 Jan 1899. According to Donald Moldstad in an email 01/31/11: "This photo is of the Anders Moldstad family. I have a copy of it. He was my great-grandfather. Anders owned a general store in DeForrest,WI. This was the family's first home. A newer home was built next door, and was much larger. The first Norwegian Lutheran Church met in the upstairs of his store until they constructed the sanctuary." |
| Women |
| Scandinavians |
| Portraits, Group |
| Men |
| Outdoor photography |
| Infants |
| Family |
| Children |
| Dwellings |
| Furniture |
| Porches |
| Yards |
| Fences |
| Architectural details |
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| Location: | Wisconsin Historical Society Archives, 4th Floor, Madison, Wisconsin |
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