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| Date: | 10 27 1947 |
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| Description: | Portrait of Lithgow Osborne, former Ambassador to Norway, and president of the American-Scandinavian Foundation. |
| Date: | 10 13 1948 |
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| Description: | Mrs. Robert (Dorothy L.) Sirney, standing in front of a curtain and wearing a Norwegian costume. She is holding a wooden platter she has decorated with ros... |
| Date: | 12 06 1948 |
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| Description: | Mrs. Celin Furu is shown in Norwegian costume displaying her rosemaled painted platters and sideboard cabinet. She was a wartime resident of Bergen, Norway... |
| Date: | 06 16 1949 |
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| Description: | Pictured as he arrived in Madison is Trygve Lie, United Nations secretary-general. Mr. Lie was in Madison to receive an honorary degree from the University... |
| Date: | 08 15 1949 |
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| Description: | Baron Ludvig af Ugglas of Sweden in work clothes at the site of Madison's Veterans hospital where he has a summer job. He will be attending the U.W. Colleg... |
| Date: | 12 14 1953 |
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| Description: | Hannah Heegaard-Jensen demonstrates a Christmas tradition by frying ableskivers on Christmas Eve. |
| Date: | 03 10 1954 |
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| Description: | Portrait of Rognald and Anna Larson noting their 50th wedding anniversary. The couple married in the Vinje church in Voss, Norway in 1904 and came to Madis... |
| Date: | 04 13 1959 |
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| Description: | Costumes from other lands were featured at the First Madison YWCA Folk Festival and Fair. Shown modeling Norwegian dresses are, left to right: Eleanor Nerd... |
| Date: | 01 02 1955 |
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| Description: | Ingvar Arneson, Sr. (left) and his 19-year-old son, Ingvar Jr., both of Wisconsin Rapids, were among the jumpers taking part in the Blackhawk Ski Club jump... |
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