Exterior view of Salem Covenant Church, Duluth, Minnesota taken from across 59th Avenue West, looking West. The view is of the east and north side of the church.
Weekly worship bulletin from Salem Covenant Church, Duluth, Minnesota for Confirmation Sunday, May 26, 1957. The bulletin includes the order of worship for the morning and evening services and the names of the 1957 confirmands.
The men's group known as the Salem Brotherhood gathers for a group photo in the church basement. Seated: Reverend Jerome M. Ahlstedt, Ivan Carlson, standing (left to right): Merle Pearson, Arthur Anderson, Grant Johnson, Donald Olson, Arnold Carlson, James Midthun, Rodney Hietala, James Herendeen, Ken Erickson, Theodore Elowson, James Elowson, August Olson.
Directory of the Salem Covenant Church, Duluth, Minnesota, and its Auxiliary Organizations. Includes 1955 monthly schedule of organization meetings, services, and activities.
Postcard, addressed to Mrs. C. S. Nelson, advertising a Crusade for Christ program with Rev. Edwin A. Hallsten at Salem Covenant Church the week of October 10, 1954.
Directory of the Salem Covenant Church, Duluth, Minnesota, and its Auxiliary Organizations. Includes 1952 monthly schedule of organization meetings, services, and activities.
Program for the sixtieth anniversary services of the Salem Covenant Church, Duluth, Minnesota. The program includes a welcome by Pastor Carl H. Janson, the schedule of events for the services on October 11-15, 1950, and a brief history of the church.
Salem Covenant Church Confirmands pose with Reverend Carl H. Janson at the front of the church on Confirmation Sunday. Group includes (order unknown): Phillip Allison, Joanna Fredin Smith, Herbert Rungren, Janis Christensen Turcotte, Shirley Eckholm Plaistad, Gerald Sundstrom, Janet Christenson, Donald Kenniger, Dale Hietala, Marvin Soderberg.
Directory of the Salem Covenant Church, Duluth, Minnesota, and its Auxiliary Organizations. Includes 1950 monthly schedule of organization meetings, services, and activities.
Salem Covenant Church Confirmands pose with Reverend Carl H. Janson at the front of the church on Confirmation Sunday. Group includes (order unknown): June Anderson, Patricia Drumm, Yvonne Lauer, David Olson, Paul Anderson, Janice Erickson, Margaret Melanson, Donna Russ, Donna Carlson, Kay Hultman, James Midthun, May Salmi, Myrna Shannon, Charlene Chubbuck, Virginia Johnson, Virginia Nolin, Melvin Drumm, Marlene Lauer, Barbara Nordberg.
Salem Covenant Church Confirmands pose with Reverend Raymond A. Johnson at the front of the church on Confirmation Sunday. Group includes (order unknown): Janet Anderson, Beverly Olson Swanson, Myrna Ruth Smeland, Marion Berggren Carlson, Donald Ranthum, Gordon Sundstrom, Frances Gagne, Darlene Remer Hult, David Hietala, Barbara Sheels Conner.
Directory of the Salem Covenant Church, Duluth, Minnesota, and its Auxiliary Organizations. Includes 1948 monthly schedule of organization meetings, services, and activities.
Salem Covenant Church Confirmands pose with Reverend Raymond A. Johnson at the front of the church on Confirmation Sunday. Group includes (order unknown): Alice Amic Stingley, Roger Glenn Brandenhoff, Robert Erickson, Lois Gagne, Betty Hanson Taylor, Gloria Hanson Guptill, Patricia Kenniger Bonner, Ronald Moberg, Roger Nelson, Luella Shannon.
Directory of the Salem Covenant Church, Duluth, Minnesota, and its Auxiliary Organizations. Includes 1947 monthly schedule of organization meetings, services, and activities.
Directory of the Salem Covenant Church, Duluth, Minnesota, and its Auxiliary Organizations. Includes 1946 monthly schedule of organization meetings, services, and activities.
Salem Covenant Church Confirmands pose with Reverend Erik Dahlhielm on Confirmation Sunday. Front Row (left to right): Edith Boberg Rintala, Donald Hall, Joan Johnson, Jean Highmark Larson. Back Row (left to right): James Carlson, Joan Reiner, ReV. Dahlhielm, Pat Grignon, Warren Sundstrom.
Directory of the Salem Covenant Church, Duluth, Minnesota, and its Auxiliary Organizations. Includes 1945 monthly schedule of organization meetings, services, and activities.
Salem Covenant Church Confirmands pose with Reverend Erik Dahlhielm on Confirmation Sunday. Front Row (left to right): Marlene Olson Smouse, Joyce Carlson Bankson, Bernice Anderson. Back Row (left to right): Gene Danielson, Thomas Donahue, ReV. Erik Dahlhielm, Albert Christianson, Allen Anderson.
Directory of the Salem Covenant Church, Duluth, Minnesota, and its Auxiliary Organizations. Includes 1944 monthly schedule of organization meetings, services, and activities.
Salem Covenant Church Confirmands pose with Reverend Erik Dahlhielm on Confirmation Sunday. Front Row (left to right): Edith Boberg Rintala, Donald Hall, Joan Johnson, Jean Highmark Larson. Back Row (left to right): James Carlson, Joan Reiner, Rev. Dahlhielm, Pat Grignon, Warren Sundstrom.
Directory of the Salem Covenant Church, Duluth, Minnesota, and its Auxiliary Organizations. Includes 1943 monthly schedule of organization meetings, services, and activities.
Salem Covenant Church Confirmands pose with Reverend Raymond A. Johnson on Confirmation Sunday. Group includes (order unknown): Lucile Hall, Clifford Johnson, Doris Larson Malmquist, Lloyd Nelson, Lois Nelson Rudd, Einar Strom, Eleanor Anderson
Directory of the Salem Covenant Church, Duluth, Minnesota, and its Auxiliary Organizations. Includes 1942 monthly schedule of organization meetings, services, and activities.
Salem Covenant Church Confirmands pose with Reverend Raymond A. Johnson on Confirmation Sunday. Group includes (order unknown): Elaine Anderson Nelson, Milton Anderson, Donald Beutner, Betty Dahlgren Rule, Rodney Hietala, May Hultman Graves, Ruth Nelson Anderson, Joyce Shannon Kahn, Corrine Sundstrom Youngkrantz, Helen Wahlberg Wasserburger, Robert Wedan.
Advertisement for evening Gospel services conducted by the Reverend Nathan Franklin at the Salem Covenant Church, Duluth, Minnesota, from October 21-26, 1941
Advertisement for evening Gospel services conducted by the Reverend G.F. Forsberg at the Salem Covenant Church, Duluth, Minnesota, from October 14-19, 1941
Invitation from the Salem Mission Church, Duluth, Minnesota membership to the fiftieth anniversary celebration at the church, envelope, and ticket to the Jubilee Banquet.
Salem Mission Church Confirmands pose with Reverend Raymond A. Johnson on Confirmation Sunday. First Row (left to right): Lloyd Shannon, Betty Westlund Hietala, ReV. Raymond Johnson, Elaine Boberg, Hugh Shannon. Second Row (left to right): Dorothy Samuelson, Eunice Johnson Gustafson, Donald Lauer, Doris Anderson Hollerud. Third Row (left to right): Vincent Highmark, Joyce McKaige, John Thorene, Shirley Gagne Weiland.
Five former pastors of the Salem Mission Church gather for an informal portrait at the church in 1940. Pictured are, from left to right, Reverends C.V.S. Engstrom, Raymond A. Johnson, Axel E. Smedberg, E.O. Franklin, C.V. Anderson
These facing pages were used to produce the "Fifty Years With Christ" booklet celebrating Salem Mission Church's Fiftieth Anniversary. The left side of this spread appeared as page 2 and the right side as page 19. Appearing in this spread are: Hans Midthun, Lois Johnson, Ken Erickson, Shirley Lindstrom, Hilda Lindberg, Beatrice Erickson, Ted Elowson, Purdy Elowson, Esther Bjorn, Crystal Johnson, Carl Anderson, Hulda Lindberg, Evelyn Johnson.
These facing pages were used to produce the "Fifty Years With Christ" booklet celebrating Salem Mission Church's Fiftieth Anniversary. The left side of this spread appeared as page 10 and the right side as page 11. Appearing in this spread are: Ted Elowson, Axel Carlson, Toby Highmark, Jean Highmark, Joan Lindstrom, Warren Nelson, Pat Kennigar, Carl Lindstrom, Arnold Carlson, James Carlson, Donna Carlson, George Highmark, Andrew Bjorklund, David Boberg, Arthur Anderson, John Elowson, Olive Johnson, Ken Erickson.
Fiftieth anniversary booklet for Salem Mission Church, Duluth, Minnesota. Booklet includes a detailed history of the church up to 1940 by Erik Dahlhielm as well as candid photos of church members in and around the church. There are translucent pages with a spider web pattern after the front cover and before the back cover.
Alfred Elowson locks an exterior door at Salem Mission Church. This small photo was used in the "50 Years With Christ" booklet celebrating Salem's 50th anniversary.
Program for the services dedicating the new church building erected to replace the building destroyed by the December 6, 1932, fire. The program includes the order of worship for the morning worship service, the afternoon dedication service, and the evening worship service.
Salem Mission Church Confirmands pose with Reverend E.O. Franklin on Confirmation Sunday. Group includes (order unknown): Lorraine Anderson, Alice Haglund Potts, DeWayne Olson, Margaret Hultman Halvorson, Ronald Wesley Anderson, Richard Osborn Erickson, Elvera Strom Olson, Dorothy Edwardson Wilson, Barbara Downs Stauber, Grace Larson Anderson, Harlan Sundstrom, Corrine Franklin, Ruby Nelson Hall.
Special edition printed news bulletin highlighting efforts to raise funds to keep the Hammond Organ in the church. Fund raising figures are listed as are names of donors to the Organ Fund. There is also a brief mention of a Sunday School attendance campaign in the bulletin.
Salem Mission Church Confirmands pose with Reverend E. O. Franklin on Confirmation Sunday. Group includes (order unknown): Donald Anderson, Dewey Downs, Russel Ide, Helen Lindberg, Mildred Anderson.
Directory of the Salem Mission Church, Duluth, Minnesota, and its Auxiliary Organizations. Includes 1937 monthly schedule of organization meetings, services, and activities.
Salem Mission Church Confirmands pose with Reverend E.O. Franklin on Confirmation Sunday. First Row (left to right): Dorothy Anderson Erickson, Lorraine Williams, E.O. Franklin, Shirley Mellin, Betty Nelson Ursin. Second Row (left to right): Robert Westlund, Kathryn Johnson Carlson, David Bjorne, Wesley Westerlund, Harvey Olson, Edward Johnson. Third Row (left to right): Kenneth Erickson, Dorothy Johnson Erickson, Lois Johnson.
A letter from the Education Committee of the Salem Mission Church, Duluth, Minnesota, to the Church Board with two recommendations and nominees for Junior Advisors. Dated January 1, 1935
Salem Mission Church Confirmands pose with Reverend E.O. Franklin on Confirmation Sunday. First Row (left to right): Ruby Larson Schaeffer, Thor Strom, E.O. Franklin, Wesley Allan, Eva Dahlgren Fontaine. Second Row (left to right): Lorraine Beutner Widell, Richard Peterson, Lucille Wahlberg Nelson, Ralph Bredlund, Alice Carlson Aebischer, Russel Hendrickson. Third Row (left to right): Alice Anderson Highmark, Henning Soderberg, June Ide Schmidt.
Book of poetry by Raymond S. Erickson published posthumously by Emma A. Erickson, Duluth, Minnesota. The book includes a tribute by the Rev. E. O. Franklin, pastor of the Salem Mission Church.
Salem Mission Church Confirmands pose with Reverend E.O. Franklin on Confirmation Sunday. Group includes (order unknown): Tom Bell, Elmer Carlson, Raymond Peterson, Walter Carlson, Warren Dahl, Gladys Young Nelson, Ethel Erickson, Evelyn Larson, Dorothy Lindgren Bordeau, Mildred Miller, Nellie Nelson Towers, Leroy Mattson, Glen Miller, Roy Sundquist.
A souvenir booklet celebrating the dedication of the rebuilt Salem Mission Church, Duluth, Minnesota, that was destroyed in the December 1932 fire. The booklet includes a history of the church, comments by former pastors, histories of church organizations and a calendar of dedication events from October 12 to 15, 1933.
Salem Mission Church Confirmands pose with Reverend E.O. Franklin on Confirmation Sunday. Group includes (order unknown): Edith Erickson Griffin, Harriet Huseby Dennis, Beverly Mellin Nedrud, Billy Molyneaux, George Olson, Ingrid Strom Pleska, Eleanor Franklin Linder, Crystal Johnson Anderson, Bernice Kampenen Larson, Myrtle Olsen Edwards, Roy Peterson, Edna Thorene Fretheim, Ellen Haglund Ward, Betty Johnson Grobe, Robert Larson, Ralph Olsen, Willard Peterson, Irvin Sundquist, John Highmark, Eldo Ide, Thomas Miller, Sigward Nelson, Russell Staberg, Gilbert Thorberg
On December 6, 1932 the Salem Mission Church of Duluth, Minnesota was badly damaged by fire. Nearly all of the structure had to be demolished. The stained glass windows at the front of the sanctuary were all that could be salvaged.
Letter from State Representative George W. Johnson to the Salem Mission Church congregation regarding Article XVIII of the U.S. Constitution and the "liquor referendum." The letter addresses the definition of the term "intoxicating liquours" and is dated April 22, 1931, the last day of the 47th Legislative Session of the Minnesota House of Representatives.
Salem Mission Church Confirmands pose with Reverend C.V. Anderson on Confirmation Sunday. Group includes (order unknown): Earl Allen, Marie Peterson Krause, Robert Matheson, Kenneth Westling, Margaret Anderson Olson, Mabel Johnson Erickson, Clerry Wahlberg Halvorson, Sherrell Westlund, John Boberg, Norman Pearson, Eleanor Williams Maske, Bernice Johnson, Judith Lindberg Gilbert, Genevieve Lindstrom Laughner.
Booklet distributed to celebrate the fortieth anniversary of the Salem Mission Church, Duluth, Minnesota. The booklet includes the programs and orders of worship for the services held from October 15-19, 1930, a message from Pastor C.V. Anderson, and a brief history of the church.
Salem Mission Church Confirmands pose with Reverend C.V. Anderson on Confirmation Sunday. Group includes (order unknown): Dorothy Bjorkhohm Johnson, Woodrow Erickson, Eleanor Haglund Laycock, Lucille Heacock Scheider, Elwin Edwardson, Martha Erickson, Angeline Olson, Grace Erickson, Helmer Larson, Carol Olson, Joe Erickson, Margaret Lowmiller, Leroy Olson.
Salem Mission Church Confirmands pose with Reverend C.V. Anderson on Confirmation Sunday. Group includes (order unknown): Ruby Anderson Engstrom, Beatrice Forsell Erickson, Emily Gulbranson Wall, Ethel Henning Johnson, Elna Johnson Colomb, Alice Nordlund Rajala, Alden Olson, Dorothy Dahl Kreager, Helen Fors Telega, Ruth Gustafson, Lillian Henning Wick, Eris Lindberg Morris, Herman Lundberg, Roy Allen, Paul Forsell, David Halvorson, Louis Highmark, Earl Johnson, Melvin Lundberg, Bertil Erickson, Gilbert Gulbranson, Amelia Henning, Helmer Jacobson, Albin Johnson, Fred Nelson.
Salem Mission Church Confirmands pose with Reverend C.V. Anderson on Confirmation Sunday. Group includes (order unknown): Arnold Anderson, David Erickson, Carl Pearson, Norman Anderson, Russell Jacobson, Rudolph Peterson, Thorwald Backlund, Raynold Larson, Lawrence Soderberg, Arnold Bowers, Arthur Moberg, Gordon Sundstrom.
Salem Mission Church Confirmands pose with Reverend C.V. Anderson on Confirmation Sunday. Group includes (order unknown): Ralph Carlson, Everett Haglund, Caroline Williams Braden, Ernest Edwardson, Harold Hedman, Elsie Lindgren Kratz, Raymond Thorberg, Florence Nordlin, Norton Johnson.
Notarized document filed with St. Louis County officially changing the name of the Swedish Christian Mission Church to Salem Mission Church of West Duluth. This is a negative copy of the original document which was lost in the 1932 church fire
Swedish Christian Mission Church Confirmands pose with Reverend C.V. Anderson on Confirmation Sunday. Group includes (order unknown): Vivian Danielson Willett, Bernice Erickson, Astrid Carlson Rollins, Alice Sundeen, Irving Wennerlund, Ellen Edwardson Wilmot, Wilfred Highmark, Ruth Mattson Krippen, Eva Sundeen, Einar Edwardson, Evelyn Johnson, Donald Olson, Eldon Thorson, Marion Ek, Myrtle Johnson, Harry Skarman, Ruth Wickstrom.
Swedish Christian Mission Church Confirmands pose with Reverend C.V. Anderson on Confirmation Sunday. Group includes (order unknown): Alvin Anderson, Dorothy Erickson Moran, Clarence Lindberg, Alice Thorberg Hallgren, Clarence Anderson, Stanley Erickson, Wallace Nordvall, Esther Wickstrom, Lloyd Anderson, Arthur Moberg, Kermit Nelson, Frederick Williams, Evelyn Bjorkbohm Kenniger, Margaret Haglund Carlson, Esther Moberg Erickson, Phillemon Willet.
Swedish Christian Mission Church Confirmands pose with Reverend C.V. Anderson on Confirmation Sunday. Group includes (order unknown): Ruby Allen Eckholm, Amy Dahl Olsen, Lloyd Johnson, Rosa Erickson Gronseth, Walter Skarman, Herbert Anderson, Floyd Danielson, Ruth Johnson, Ellen Nelson Johnson, Raymond Andrews, Clarence Jacobson, Viola Larson Hagen, Emily Nelson Smith, Arthur Bowers, Elmer Johnson, Conrad Nelson, Adeline Nordeen.
Promissory note for $2,300 payable to James A. Pearce from the Swedish Mission Church of West Duluth. On the back are cancelled revenue stamps, with the date federal tax was paid on the document.
Swedish Christian Mission Church Confirmands pose with Reverend Axel E. Smedberg on Confirmation Sunday. First Row (left to right): Signe Erickson, Judith Danielson Schreiber, Ray Peterson. Second Row (left to right): Hilding Rodenius, unknown boy, Signe Olson, Reverend Smedberg, Florence Jacobson, Ernest Walborg, Ernest Sundquist. Third Row (left to right): Evelyn Anderson Johnson, Jeanette Mattson, Esther Nordlund Hietala, Gladys Nelson, Edna Mattonson, Nellie Dahl, Myrtle Peterson Anderson, Elsie Highmark, George Forsell. Fourth row: Lester Nystrom, Carl Davidson, George Nordin, Joe Davidson, Erwin Nelson, Frank Mattson, Roy Anderson, unknown boy.
Swedish Christian Mission Church Confirmands pose with Reverend Axel E. Smedberg on Confirmation Sunday. Group includes (order unknown): Helen Erickson Allison, Esther Davidson Leavitt, Linnea Anderson Johnson, Mabel Carlson Fromnes, Carl Peterson, Helmer Sundstrom, Almon Osborne, Florence Erickson, Purdy Forsell Elowson, Edna Carlson Scott, Lillian Swanson Johnson, Eldon Forsell, Henry Sundin, Gertrude Wallin, Anna Larson Sauter, Lillian Nystrom Bush, Kenneth Wallin, Ruth Olson Lindholm, Raymond Anderson, Ellen Mattson Millik, George Lindstrom, Anton Nordeen.
Members of the Swedish Christian Mission Church's Sunday school pose in front of the church's stained glass windows on April 21, 1918. Group includes (order unknown): Arthur Anderson, Arnold Carlson, Ray Bjorkbom, Elmer Olson.
Swedish Christian Mission Church Confirmands pose with Reverend Axel E. Smedberg on Confirmation Sunday. Group includes (order unknown): Edna Anderson Nichols, Clarence Dahlquist, Euna Erickson Barkley, Ellen Laaksonen, Ingrid Lindstrom Nelson, Esther Anderson, Helen Els Letne, Alfred Johnson, Inez Rodenius Halvorson, Dagmar Armstrong, Elsie Erickson Peterson, Gordon Johnson, Louise Nordin Markham, Robert Brath, Hazel Hiner, Paul Johnson.
Swedish Christian Mission Church Confirmands pose with Reverend Axel E. Smedberg on Confirmation Sunday. Group includes (order unknown): Ed Anderson, Amy Lindskog Nelson, Linnea Wahlberg Lauer, Mildred Nystrom Gabrielson, Ruth Davidson Eklund, Anna Lindstrom Stone, Ellen Sundstrom Johnson, Mabel Peterson Munnins, Leonard Hendrickson, Martha Nordeen Bentz, Esther Ramsey Eklund, Edith Nystrom Ostlund, Walter Hiner, Rose Stahl, Arnold Peterson.
Booklet commemorating the opening of the new church building at 59th Avenue West and Greene St., Duluth, Minnesota. The booklet includes a history of the church, poetry by Rev. Fred Blom, programs for the four-day celebration, photographs, a list of church meeting times, and advertisements by local businesses. The text is all in Swedish.
Swedish Christian Mission Church Confirmands pose with Reverend C.V.S. Engstrom on Confirmation Sunday. First Row (left to right): Arnold Carlson, Edwin Johnson, Reverend Engstrom, Alex Westerlund, Oscar Lindstrom. Second Row (left to right): Raymond S. Erickson, Teckla Danielson, Harold Laaksonen, Emma Hedin Shannon. Third Row (left to right): Verna Erickson Hutchinson, Ida Swanson Olson, Leah Osborne Highmark, Pauline Nordeen Nygaard
Swedish Christian Mission Church Confirmands pose with Reverend C.V.S. Engstrom on Confirmation Sunday. Group includes (order unknown) Agnes Anderson Almquist, Myrtle Anderson Swanson, John Jacobson, Lillian Johnson Clement, Henry Lindskog, Esther Lindstrom Anderson, Ruth Moline, Emma Nordeen Smeland, Oscar Nelson, Walter Nystrom, Esther Paulson, Esther Rodenius Bergquist, Agnes Stahl Bell, Edith Sundstrom Beutner, Mary Wahlberg McKaige
Swedish Christian Mission Church Confirmands pose with Reverend C.V.S. Engstrom on Confirmation Sunday. Front Row (left to right): Lillian Johnson Soderberg, unknown girl, Reverend C.V.S. Engstrom, Edith Nystrom Johnson, Esther Giliuson. Back Row (left to right): Arvid Peterson, Gunnard Hedin, Rudolph Peterson, Elmer Olson, Axel Stahl, Oscar Lindberg, Clarence Erickson.
Swedish Christian Mission Church Confirmands pose with Reverend Fred Bloom on Confirmation Sunday. Group includes (order unknown) Sam Aldrin, Fred Anderson, Anna Berggren, Hedwig Einolander Nelson, Samuel Gilinson, Clarence Lindskog, Ellen Lindstrom Wester, Lydia Moline, Hilma Olin, Arthur Sundstrom.
Swedish Christian Mission Church Confirmands pose with Reverend K. E. Forsell on Confirmation Sunday. Group includes (order unknown): Hjalmar Einolander, Anna Nelson Peterson, Mabel Nystrom Olson, Herbert Erickson, Elmer Nelson, Theodore Stahl, Joseph Highmark, Richard Wahlberg, Carl Johnson, Florence Johnson Wadley.
Swedish Christian Mission Church Confirmands pose with Reverend K. E. Forsell on Confirmation Sunday. First Row (left to right): Swan Einolander. Second Row (left to right): Ruth Nystrom Mellin, Hilma (Annie) Peterson, ReV. K. E. Forsell, Matilda Lindstrom Larson, Lydia Swanson Einolander. Third Row (left to right): Alma Westerlund, Beda Bergren Schlack, Melvin Olson, Nan Wedan Carlson, George Highmark, Simon Giliuson.
The church building was moved from 56th Avenue West and Main Street to 60th Avenue West and Worden Street in 1900. This photograph was taken while the church was located at 60th Avenue West and Worden Street. The building was moved to its present location of 59th Avenue West and Greene Street between 1903 and 1907 and became the back of the new church building that was constructed in 1913.
Reverend Albert Johanson, pastor of the West End Mission Church (now First Covenant Church, Duluth, Minnesota), filled Swedish Christian Mission Church's pulpit from time to time. This portrait was taken on his wedding day.
St. Louis County record of the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th Articles of the Articles of Incorporation of the Swedish Christian Mission Church, Duluth, Minnesota. This is a negative copy of the original document which was lost in the 1932 church fire
St. Louis County record of the Preamble and 1st article of the Articles of Incorporation of the Swedish Christian Mission Church, Duluth, Minnesota. This is a negative copy of the original document which was lost in the 1932 church fire
Reverend J.E.Seth, pastor of the West End Mission Church (now First Covenant Church, Duluth, Minnesota), filled the Svenska Missions Kyrkan pulpit from time to time. This family portrait was taken in 1897.Reverend Seth served the West End Mission Church from 1895-1898.
Revered Albin N. Osterholm, a seminary student at Carleton College, served at Swedish Christian Mission Church during the summer of 1897. This is a portrait of Reverend Osterholm and his wife taken during the summer of 1897. Portrait once belonged to Mrs. Sundquist.
Work crew at the Highmark farm in Nopeming (Midway Township, Minnesota). The Highmarks were among the earliest member of the church. The Swedish Christian Mission Church got Christmas trees from this farm.