Looking toward the Aerial Lift Bridge, this image provides a view of Leif Erikson Park, Twelfth Avenue East and London Road, as preparations begin for the Duluth International Folk Festival. Now known as the Festival of Cultures, the Folk Festival began in the late 1940s. Sponsors of the festival have included the International Institute, the Head of the Lakes World Affairs council, the Duluth Jaycees and the YWCA. Lake Shore Park was renamed Leif Erikson Park in 1929.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
There have been excursions available at the Duluth Harbor through the decades. This craft is part of a 1960s business that becomes the Goldfine family's Vista Fleet in the 1990s. This outing was during the Duluth celebration called Portorama Days. This excursion boat in in the Duluth harbor. The first Duluth Seaway Portorama of 1960 was celebrated to commemorate the opening of the St. Lawrence Seaway the prior year (officially May 3) in Duluth in July 8-14 of 1959. The Duluth Junior Chamber of Commerce, commonly called the Duluth Jaycees, was the sponsor. They crowned a Miss Seaway. It was about nine days in duration, usually late July to early August and later overlapped with the International Folk Festival held each August. The Jaycees announced it would discontinue sponsoring Portorama in 1970.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Groundbreaking for North Wing Expansion at Danebo 1961. This building started as Danebo, a home for seniors in the Danish community, and was later repurposed as a non-profit cultural center known as the Danish American Center in 2005.
A blank form used by applicants for jobs at the summer youth camp - Co-op-a-gan on Perch Lake in northern Minnesota, managed by the Range Educational Society in Virginia, Minnesota.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Immigration History Research Center Archives
In this group photograph, dated June 4th, 1939, Muskego Church provides the backdrop for the attendees at the closing session of the Southern Minnesota District Convention of the Norwegian Lutheran Church of America. In 1844, Norwegian settlers at the Muskego Settlement in southeastern Wisconsin dedicated one of the first Norwegian American Lutheran church buildings. The building was moved to the United Church Seminary campus in the St. Anthony Park neighborhood of St. Paul in 1904. In 1917, United Church Seminary became Luther Theological Seminary. Front of photograph reads: Closing session, So. Minn. Dist. Conv.-N.L.C.A., Muskego Church, Saint Paul, Minn., June 4th 1939.
A group of 13 women sitting and standing at tables inside a room. Back row: Miriam Heikkila, Mary Knight, Martha Pentti, Anna Kosala, Aune Lahti, Tynne Isaacson, Esther Niskala, E. Sylvia Isaacson; Front: Fanny Lehto, Viena Tuoki, Sylvia Silvola, Hilja Kilkkinen, Ellen Luopa.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Immigration History Research Center Archives
August 2016 Board Meeting Minutes of the Icelandic Hekla Club. Subjects discussed include: Board transition, review of duties and committees, upcoming activities - LEIF, tala islensku, Nordic Reads.
October 2016 Board Meeting Minutes of the Icelandic Hekla Club. Subjects discussed include: Val Bjornson Icelandic Student Exchange at the University of Minnesota, Tala islensku Icelandic language classes, Samkoma 2017, programs for member meetings, and Hekla Club's online presence.
Boy Scout group marching in Norse-American Centennial parade in New York. Carl O. Pedersen was influential in setting up Norse-American Centennial celebrations across the country.
Boy Scout Troop 248 marching the the Norse-American Centennial parade in New York City. Carl O. Pedersen's influence in organizing the Norse-American Centennial celebration spanned from New York to Minnesota, as well as other parts of the country.
Agnes Suudheim (left) and Alfrida Hoff (right) appeared as two of the brides to be carried away by the young immigrants in the Pageant of the Northman.
A set of 8 documents including meeting minutes and other planning materials for summer youth camp Co-op-a-gan on Perch Lake in northern Minnesota in 1962.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Immigration History Research Center Archives
Gate and driveway down to main pavilion, Mesaba Co-op Park. Founded in 1929, Mesaba Co-op Park is a member-owned cooperative park and is open to the public.
Children marching in the Norse-American Centennial parade in New York. Carl O. Pedersen was an important figure in setting up events during this parade and other celebrations across the country.
Children petting deer near Children's Camp, Mesaba Co-op Park. Founded in 1929, Mesaba Co-op Park is a member-owned cooperative park and is open to the public.
Women seated under trees writing with child nearby, Mesaba Co-op Park. Founded in 1929, Mesaba Co-op Park is a member-owned cooperative park and is open to the public.
Adult watching children pet deer near Children's Camp, Mesaba Co-op Park. Founded in 1929, Mesaba Co-op Park is a member-owned cooperative park and is open to the public.
Adult watching children pet deer near Children's Camp, Mesaba Co-op Park. Founded in 1929, Mesaba Co-op Park is a member-owned cooperative park and is open to the public.
Children swimming in the lake at the Mesaba Co-op Park. Founded in 1929, Mesaba Co-op Park is a member-owned cooperative park and is open to the public.
Choir and orchestra performing in Scandinavian folk dress during the 1980 Festival of Christmas. Conductor in foreground and horse drawn sleigh landscape mural in the background.
Contributing Institution:
The History Center, Archives of Bethel University and Converge Worldwide - BGC
Clan Stewart members in highland dress with bagpipes and drums and a few men wearing WWI uniform coats are playing in an unidentified business setting.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
People gathered under the main pavilion, Mesaba Co-op Park. Founded in 1929, Mesaba Co-op Park is a member-owned cooperative park and is open to the public.
The inscription on the commemorative plaque reads: "Trees planted along this parkway in the year 1939 have been named Sesquicentennial trees to commemorate the one hundred fiftieth anniversary of the first session of Congress and the Inauguration of the first president of the United States. This tree was planted by Crown Prince Fredrik of Denmark as a Sesquicentennial tree April 22, 1939."
This construction Project added a North Wing addition to Danebo in 1961.The building started as Danebo, a home for seniors in the Danish community, and was later repurposed as a non-profit cultural center known as the Danish American Center in 2005.
People sitting on log rinsing large pans in lake at Mesaba Co-op Park. Founded in 1929, Mesaba Co-op Park is a member-owned cooperative park and is open to the public.
Panoramic view of many people dressed in uniforms and suits and carrying flags and banners in support of Croatia independence. The people are posed in front of and along the front of the property of the Assumption Hall Catholic School in Hibbing, Minnesota. On the left portion of the photograph is the Hibbing High School and panning to the right is a trailer with a banner attached that reads: "Croatia Must Be Free and Independent." In the center of the photograph a banner reads: "Hrvatski Domobran Defenders of Croatia". On the right portion of the photograph is the Keewatin City Band. Photo is undated.