Berndt Westerlund
Axel Westerlund
#4250
Provenance

Place

Alaska

Date

--.--.1898 - --.--.1901

People

August Berndt Westerlund, Axel Alexej Westerlund

Description

The Westerlund brothers with pick and pack on their backs on their way to the gold fields.
The brothers August "Ben" and Axel Westerlund lived in America (Alaska) probably from 1898-1901.
Ben came home to Houtskär in 1902 and Axel in 1905. Ben went out again in 1903 and came home in 1907.

Miscellaneous

The picture is included in a book about Houtskär part II page 248. The negative's image is on reg. no. 8582.

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