Portrait of Swedish American fiddler who plays Swedish music at the American Swedish Institute with the ASI Spelmanslag. He created that group in 1985 and was recognized as an NEA National Heritage Fellow in 1996.
Swedish royalty poses in the Turnblad mansion during their visit. Bernhard LeVander is the president of the American Swedish Institute and brother of Governor Harold LeVander.
Nils Hasselmo, former University of Minnesota president, is drinking champagne with Pat Hasselmo and Per Forshell. Nils Hasselmo is in the center, Pat Hasselmo is on the right and Per Olof Forshell, Swedish konsul, is on the left.
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.
Cedric Adams on the left and Art Tibodeau on the right advertise Vigorena Feeds. The bag both are holding onto reads: Vigorena: The Feed You Need, Springfields Milling Corporation, Springfield, Minnesota.
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.
Studio portrait of Donald Thielen and Lorraine Schmitt. The couple are standing side by side and holding hands. This might be an engagement or wedding portrait.
Nils G. Sahlin, director of the American Swedish Institute, speaking in Scandia, Minnesota. Governor and Mrs. Youngdahl are on the platform behind Dr. Sahlin.
Lillian Turnblad, front row, second from left, poses with Laura Larson, top left, Elsa Meyer, Linnea Osman, and Frances Mattson, top right. Front row, left to right: Mathilda Meurling, Lillian Turnblad, Maria Hortelins, Karen Hartwig.
Studio portrait of the George and Mary Schmitt family of Shakopee. Front row from left to right are: Alice Schmitt, Harriet Schmitt, George Schmitt, Lois Schmitt, Mary Kreuser Schmitt, Ethel Schmitt, and Virginia Schmitt. Second row from left to right are: Harold Schmitt, Lorraine Schmitt, Dorothy Schmitt, Raymond Schmitt, Lucille Schmitt, Carl Schmitt, and Rosemary Schmitt.
Helen Fillebrown with relatives and friends posed in front of the Fillebrown House in White Bear Lake.The Fillebrown House located at 4753 Lake Avenue, formerly 303 Lake Avenue. The property is on the National Register of Historic Places and is also known as the Red Chalet and the C. P. Noyes Cottage.
Portrait photograph of Ida Cook sitting in a chair. The Cook family, headed by Rabbi Isaac Cook and his wife Ida, arrived in Duluth in the 1880s from Lithuania. They organized minyans and their home served as a welcoming center for new immigrants coming to the city. Ida Cook spearheaded the establishment of Duluth's first Hebrew school.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives
Helen and Harriet Fillebrown in front of the Fillebrown House located at 4735 Lake Avenue, formerly 303 Lake Avenue, White Bear Lake, Minnesota. Mrs. Fillebrown is wearing her wedding gown on the occasion of her 50th wedding anniversary.