Telegram from Eugene Saxton, vice-president of Harper & Brothers, discussing that "Giants In the Earth" was selected for the Book of the Month Club. The Book of the Month Club ordered 30,000 copies to start.
Caption on the back of the postcard reads: "Left to right: Rev. N.P. Xavier, Mrs. N.P. Xavier, Mrs. Christian M. Lunde, Mrs. Ole P. Homier, Ole P. Hoimyr." Mrs. Xavier and Mrs. Lunde were sisters; Rev. Xavier and Mrs. Hoimyr were siblings. Rev. Xavier was the first resident pastor of Ft. Ridgely and Dale Lutheran church, serving from 1876 to 1891. Nils Xavier was a Sami pastor.
Pupils of the Norwegian Parochial School of the St. Olaf Congregation shown in front of Saint Olaf Luthern Church in rural Ann Township. Left to right, front row: Henry Nordsiden, James "Jim" Kaas, Maurice Heggerston; Ben Kleven, Edward Kleven, Conrad Steen, Henry Johnson, Lawrence Fingarson, Alice Steen, Ingolf Heggerston, shown in front of Mrs. Heggerston Adner Heggerston. Second row: Henry Fingarson, Lillie Nordsiden, Carl Johnson, Martin Kleven, Edwin Heggerston, Ella Steen. Third row: Albert Kleven, Marie Johnson, Jennie Steen, Alma Aamodt, Alma Kelven, Jennie Kleven. Fourth row: Cora Nordsiden, Mabel Heggeston, Ragna Johnson, Galena Kleven, Menora Steen, Nora Nordsiden. Back row: Fred Pederson, John Pederson, Oscar Nordsiden.
Ole Rølvaag sent a postcard to his mother-in-law Karen Berdahl in Garretson, South Dakota shortly after the birth of their first child, Olaf Arnljot Rølvaag.