Today we were given a gift!
As some of you know, when I made the Lundwall DVD, that was 3 iMacs ago and the DVD would no longer work on the Mac OS X operating system. In addition, all of the photos used for the DVD were stored on an external hard drive -- and the hard drive died. I was heartsick because many of these came from Aunt Nan's photo album that Ruth Ann owns and she was nice enough to borrow it to me quite a few years ago, and it was time-consuming work at the time to scan in and work with the photos. I picked and chose many of these photos to include in the DVD (but not all of them).
My oldest son, Bob, took the DVD and he has had it for several weeks -- he has been working long hours in the heat here in the Twin Cities, and as much overtime as he can, as he works on bridge construction and is laid off during the winter.
ANYWAY, today he walked in the back door and handed me an updated copy of the DVD, and a CD with all the original scans, and all the cropped scans I used in the dvd, AND a DVD that he tells me contains everything -- the updated DVD, along with each and every photo. I've only checked out the CD so far.
I will probably work on this for the next two days to see just how much I can share of this!
Remember, you can click on the photo to increase the photo to screen size.
Most of these are Homestead Photos
The page of names are from Louisa's Bible -- removed from the Bible I now own.
Teckla is the one on the right in the oval -- others may be classmates?
Couple is Edith and Emil Ekquist?
Not sure who the baby is -- too small to tell
The one above and below are Wedding photos
Photos of young Teckla and two of young Oscar, Teckla at about 10 next to the wedding photo. The photo of the woman to the right of and below Oscar may be his mother Margareta. Top right is the entire Lundwall family.
These are Homestead photos. Too small for me to identify here.
I will identify these after I take them apart -- probably sometime in September!
Photos from 1908 to 1916
3 photos on the left were taken in 1958 at Aunt Janet's.
The photo on the bottom right looks like Margaret with short hair and big grin in the middle, and probably includes Violet and Doris as well.
Unfortunately not marked, but this may be Andrew Lundwall Sr., Andrew Lundwall Jr., Matilda Lundwall and Carrie Lundwall. Does anybody else know?
Carrie Lundwall with Susie the Cow
Oscar
Oscar
Oscar
One of the few photos of young Teckla & Oscar
Oscar
Oscar with horse and buggy
Teckla and baby Nancy
Nancy in her high chair
Commonwealth Mine
Commonwealth Mine
Mine in Florence
Announcement of the new town "Homestead" in newspaper
Page from Louisa Ekquist's Bible -- with Louisa's children, followed by Teckla's children (squeezed in tightly as it gets to the bottom)
Teckla Ekquist's Baptism Certificate
Olaf and Matilda Olson, parents of Louisa Ekquist
Olaf after he was widowed.
Ida and Axel Osterberg
Ida and first two children
Ida's oldest five children
Another photo of the Ekquist home with unknown visitors
This may be the Ekquist farm -- it is not identified but appears with Homestead photos
Teckla right side in front row
Teckla 2nd from left in front
Louisa Ekquist
Teckla Ekquist
Palmer about the time the Lundwalls moved there
Janet and Marlin on the porch at Imperial Mine, Michigamme
Oscar and Marlin, Imperial Mine, Michigamme
Oscar in winter
Oscar, Ward, Teckla, Margaret and Nancy 
Ray cutting wood in winter
Ray's dream -- he wanted so badly to own & drive his own car!
Elizabeth and Carl Lundwall with youngest daughter Susan
Barbara Lundwall, daughter of Walter and Esther Lundwall
On the back, it states "The gang at Champion Beach. Teckla, Ward's Margaret, Dave, Oscar, Violet, Doris, Janet on front bench, Nancy standing.
Lloyd Lee (Ward's friend), Nancy, Margaret, Ward after wedding
Nancy Adele, Margaret and Ward, Christmas Week, 1942