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Woman Playing Monochord

Date: 1941
Description: Woman in Norwegian dress playing the monochord.
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Rosemaling a Smorgasbord Platter

Date: 1941
Description: Mr. Per Lysne rosemaling a smorgasbord platter.
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Rosemaled Chests

Date: 1941
Description: Mr. Per Lysne admiring rosemaled chests.
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Joyce Elmer with Norwegian Chest

Date: 10 23 1944
Description: Joyce Elmer, Memorial Union gallery committee chairman, inspecting an antique Norwegian chest as part of an exhibit of Elaine Smedal's "Norwegian Wisconsin...
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Norwegian Dress and Hat

Date: 10 23 1944
Description: Norwegian dress and hat displayed as part of an exhibit of Elaine Smedal's "Norwegian Wisconsin as a Source of Design." Elaine Smedal arranged the exhibit ...
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Rosemaling Decoration on Tea Set and Plates

Date: 10 23 1944
Description: Rosemaling featured on a display of a teaset and serving plates as part of an exhibit of Elaine Smedal's "Norwegian Wisconsin as a Source of Design." Elain...
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Gudrid Reading Circle Members

Date: 01 07 1947
Description: Included in the group portrait taken at the 50th anniversary luncheon of the founding of the Gudrid Reading circle are, from the left: Mrs. Juliue E. (Ann...
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Marquette School Pageant

Date: 04 21 1948
Description: Six students from Marquette School representing early Wisconsin settlers in Norwegian ethnic costumes performing in the school pageant celebrating Wisconsi...
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Mrs. Robert (Dorothy L.) Sirney

Date: 10 13 1948
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...
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Mrs. Celin Furu and Her Rosemaled Folkart

Date: 12 06 1948
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...
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Madison Altrusa Club

Date: 02 14 1949
Description: Miss Gay Braxton, director of the Neighborhood House and chairman of the Altrusa Club scholarship fund, at right, with two graduate students of the Univers...
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Baron Ludvig af Ugglas Family

Date: 08 15 1949
Description: Family portrait of Baron Ludvig af Ugglas from Sweden, with his wife Christane, and their 15-week-old daughter, Catharina.
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Daughters of Norway Banquet

Date: 02 23 1950
Description: Charter members of the Fremsyn Lodge No. 53 of the Daughters of Norway pose for a group portrait at the Edgewater Hotel during the Thirty-Fifth Anniversary...
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Daughters of Norway Banquet

Date: 02 23 1950
Description: Some of the women who worked on the arrangements for the Daughters of Norway Fremsyn Lodge No. 53 Thirty-Fifth Anniversary Banquet pose for a group portrai...
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Scandinavian American Fraternity

Date: 11 03 1950
Description: Seated at the speakers table are members of the Nansen Branch No. 43, of the Scandinavian American Fraternity. The banquet was held at the Park Hotel, 22 S...
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Neils Lassen

Date: 03 05 1952
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...
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Christmas Customs

Date: 12 14 1953
Description: Hannah Heegaard-Jensen demonstrates a Christmas tradition by frying ableskivers on Christmas Eve.
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Golden Wedding Anniversary

Date: 03 10 1954
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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Girl Scouts Troop 16

Date: 03 07 1956
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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The Village Green

Date: 10 09 1956
Description: "Inga's Dowry" display of Norwegian artifacts, part of The Village Green exhibit at the Wisconsin Historical Society. High School student Mimi Hastings, dr...

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