Title

Calmeyer / Irgens Family Photo Album

Creation Date

1860 – 1910

Description

Victorian Era Photo album. 5 x 4 x 2.5" Brown leather cover with metal clasp. There are small oval Celluloid areas with color images on the front and back along with 4 white raised pills on both the front and back. The back binding is missing. There are single black and white photos on each page, many are from European photographers. Mostly from Christiana and Drammen Norway, but some local studios are represented as well. One photo is identified in the album (Thomas Fredrik Scheen or Shoon), and one loose photo tucked in the album is also identified (Dina Irgens). Alethe (Calmeyer) Irgens, great grandmother of Norman J. Ogdahl, came from Drammen Norway.
A few of the images are tintypes.