Date: | 05 18 1951 |
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Description: | Twelve Norwegion men observe the opening of Madison's observance of Syttende Mai, the Norwegion Independence Day, with a "golfspill" at the Nakoma Golf Clu... |
Date: | 03 05 1952 |
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Description: | Twenty-two year-old Danish immigrant, Neils Lassen, right, uses a globe map to point out his native Denmark to Major Roberts of the Madison Army and Air Fo... |
Date: | 1899 |
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Description: | Halle Steensland poses in his lavishly decorated library at his house on 315 North Carroll Street. |
Date: | 09 07 1917 |
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Description: | Reunion of the Grand Army of the Republic at Camp Randall, members of the 15th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry (the mostly Scandinavian unit commanded by Colo... |
Date: | 08 17 1953 |
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Description: | Seven students from Sweden, Denmark, and Norway and Margaret Brittingham, wife of Thomas Brittingham, Jr. posing for a portrait outdoors. The students are ... |
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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 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... |
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Description: | Full-length portrait of Olaus Pederson Grimsrud standing on the deck of a ship. Other people are sitting and standing behind him. |
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Description: | Full-length portrait of Olaus Pederson Grimsrud standing on the deck of a ship. Other people are in the background. |
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Description: | An unknown group of people gathered outdoors with Norwegian flags near what appears to be a pavilion. In the far background is a building with scaffolding ... |
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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: | 09 07 1958 |
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Description: | Group portrait of eight young "Vikings" who have come to Madison to be named as Thomas E. Brittingham Viking Scholar students at the University of Wisconsi... |
Date: | 05 15 1959 |
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Description: | A Syttende Mai celebration in honor of Norway's Independence Day was held by the Ygdrasil Literary Society. Participating in the program were, left to rig... |
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