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Syttende Mai
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Large group at Syttende Mai celebration. Group posing with what may be the national and merchant flag of Norway flag. A number of people are holding croquet mallets. There is a U.S. flag flying on a flagpole in the background among trees.
1875
Dahl, Andreas Larsen, 1844-1923
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Syttende Mai Celebration
1878
Large group at Syttende Mai (May Celebrations), possibly at Winnequah. Norwegian ladies are playing croquet and there is a Norwegian Flag on the side. Women hold open parasols and there are men on ...
Bechtel Family with Croquet Mallets
1879
Bechtel family seated in yard with croquet mallets in front of them with brick house that has soldier coursing at windows and fan window at third story. Daniel Bechtel is seated next to his widowed...
Syttende Mai on Lake Mendota
1878
Group portrait of a large group of men, women and children, at a lake shore, possibly Maple Bluff on Lake Mendota near Madison. The Norwegian flag suggests that this may be Syttende Mai (May Celebr...
Lake City Cornet Band
May 17, 1870
A large group, mainly men, are gathered behind the "Lake City Cornet Band" who are in uniform near a lake shore, possibly Lake Monona. The card was marked "17th of May, Madison, Wisconsin." This da...
Family Playing Croquet
1870
A family standing in a yard playing croquet, with a frame house and farm buildings behind them. An interesting rustic bench is on the right.
Couple in Norwegian Clothes
1875
Portrait of a couple in old-style Norwegian clothes, with the woman holding a book on her lap.
