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| Date: | 06 23 1962 |
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| Description: | Corner of room with a painting of Knute Reindahl, a violin, a candlestick and an ornate mirror, taken at Reindahl's home. |
| Date: | 1899 |
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| Description: | Halle Steensland poses in his lavishly decorated library at his house on 315 North Carroll Street. |
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| Description: | Eight Scandinavian men in suits and ties sit and stand in two rows posing for a formal studio portrait. Behind them is a curtain and part of a painted back... |
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| Description: | The Johnson Brothers, billed as "Clean, Fast, Swedish Comedy," was a musical comedy act based in Racine, Wisconsin. |
| Date: | 03 07 1956 |
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| Description: | A trio of Girl Scouts from Lapham School's Troop 16 present Norwegian folk song and dance, which will be part of a program featuring many scout groups. Lef... |
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| Description: | Monument marking the place where Colonel Hans Heg was mortally wounded during the Battle of Chickamauga. |
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| Description: | Monument for Colonel Hans Heg designed by Paul Fjelde in the 1920s. |
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| Description: | Older woman standing outdoors next to a sculpture of Thorfinn Karlsefni, an Icelandic-born Scandinavian explorer of North America. Behind her is the Schuyl... |
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| Description: | Monument of Ole Bull, a Norwegian violinist, in Loring Park. |
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| Description: | Bust on top of monumemt of Norwegian playwright, Henrik Ibsen, by Jacob Fjelde. Wreaths and flags decorate the monument. |
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| Description: | View across lawn of a two children standing at the base of a statue on a pedestal. |
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| Description: | Elevated view of a crowd of people surrounding a statue, presumably of a notable Norwegian figure. Many people are carrying flags. |
| Date: | 02 02 1951 |
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| Description: | Front cover of the menu and program for the Fifth Anniversary of the Secretary-Generalship of Trygve Lie, first Secretary-General of the United Nations (UN... |
| Date: | 1953 |
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| Description: | Front and back of one-page menu from the Scandia Restaurant, with a whimsical cartoon map rendering by Hakon Mielche of the Scandinavian countries and the ... |
| Date: | 1916 |
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| Description: | Poster for the film Hidden Valley featuring Valkyrien (Baroness Dewitz). Features an image of a woman with long curly blonde hair wearing a laurel w... |
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| Description: | An illustration of a Norwegian girl in a traditional dress. She has a decorated wooden box under her left arm, and a wooden pail in her right hand. |
| Date: | 03 17 1964 |
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| Description: | Group portrait of eleven men at Joseph "Roundy" Coughlin's Saint Patrick's Day party. Behind them is a sign with the words "Erin Go Bragh." During the part... |
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| Description: | A man poses holding an easel, next to a portrait painting. The artist is Christian Abrahamsen, a Norwegian-born painter who was active in Chicago. The subj... |
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| Description: | Lithographic portrait of Swedish king Gustavus Adolphus II, depicted in full armor, with his sword drawn and his left hand on a book that reads: "Pro-Relig... |
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