Elmer Albinson was a director of the American Swedish Institute. Completed in 1908, the Swan J. Turnblad mansion was built in the French Chateauesque style. The house became the American Swedish Institute in 1929.
Headdress placed on Mr. Hellstrom at a pow wow at the American Swedish Institute. Inscription on front of photo reads, "The Chippewa honorary chief, 'The Lone Eagle C. F. Hellstrom'. "
Studio portrait of Reuben Youngdahl, pastor of Mount Olivet Lutheran Church, Minneapolis. At one time Mount Olivet was one of the largest Lutheran church in the United States.
Prince Bertil stands in front of the American Swedish Institute with Elmer Albinson, at far left, Emerit M. Anson, Ambassador Eric Boheman, Prince Bertil (hand in jacket), Algoth F. Johnson, and Reuben W. Anderson (on right).
Prince Bertil, in the center, shakes hands with Stanley Berglund while director Elmer Albinson looks on. The exhibit panel in the background features the earliest Norwegian settlers in Minnesota.
Steiner was one of 18 carvers hired to work on the Turnblad mansion when he was 26 years old. He carved the cherubs in the music room and the wreath over the fireplace in the dining room. Completed in 1908, the Swan J. Turnblad mansion was built in the French Chateauesque style. The house became the American Swedish Institute in 1929.