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Photograph on the Certificate of Identification to be attached to Naturalization Certificate for Karl and Sophia Dolemo when they returned to Norway for a visit in 1937-38. They went back to Canada aboard the Norweigen American Line on the last ship to leave Norway before it was invaded prior to WWII.
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Arrival of Norwegian settlers from Minnesota at Valhalla on April 11, 1917. Karl Dolemo is second on right.
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Francis Schenk married Christine Dolemo, daughter of Karl and Sophia Dolemo. They are accompanied here by Francis' mother, Susanne Schenk, at the home of Jack Mantle.
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Francis and Christine Schenk with friends on the ferry over the Smoky River at Moody's Crossing. Ferry poster is visable at right.
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Christine Dolemo and Francis Schenk at the front of Locomotive #16, belonging to the Edmonoton, Dunvegan & British Columbia Railway.
Elevators and Rail Line, Grande Prairie
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Warehouses and elevators line the railway at Grande Prairie, Alberta.
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Snow plow on the front of the Railway Engine clears the snow off the tracks.
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Steam Locomotive on the Northern Alberta Railway Line in the south Peace River Country of Alberta.
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Francis Schenk at the wheel of N.A.R. Locomotive 51.
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Engine #73 was purchased in 1927. In 1955 it made its last trip back to Edmonton with (left to right) Sam Jones, fireman; Francis Schenk, locomotive watchman; and Carl Gage, locomotive engineer.
