The Ostrom Photograph Project

The Ostrom family donated to the Sibley County Historical Society thousands of negatives

from the Ostrom Studio (1890s - 1960s). The project involves converting

these negatives into positives and making these photos available

to interested friends, family members and genealogists.

Since many of the people in these old photos are unidentified, they are published

in local newspapers. Subscribers enjoy viewing these old photos and reporting back

to the historical society any identifications. Occasionally we will have a visitor with their own

unidentified Ostrom photo. We may post it on our website and seek your assistance!

We thank Millie Doering, Ruth Klossner, and Becky Briggs

for their volunteer hours to make this project so successful!

Newspaper Identifications

Golden Wedding Anniversary,
Winthrop Centennial Book, Winthrop, Minnesota
1943

Christian Johan Ostrom emigrated from Norway to America

at the age of 16.He was a photographer in Winthrop,

Sibley County, Minnesota from 1889-1947.

Pictured: Ostrom Camera from the museum collection

Also Known As: Ostrom, C. J.

Birth: January 4, 1865, Sandine, Nordfjord, Norway

Death: December 20, 1947, Winthrop, Sibley County, Minnesota

Studio: Ostrom Studio

Predecessor: Winthrop Photograph Gallery

Notes: Learned photography in Minneapolis; Daughter, Elsie F. Ostrom, continued the business after his death.

Source:

Directory of Minnesota Photographers

Minnesota Historical Society