Man giving speech to Norse-American Centennial parade attendees in New York. Carl O. Pedersen was an important figure in setting up events during this parade and other celebrations across the country.
Carl O. Pedersen, a Norwegian-born Lutheran clergyman, was influential in the Norse-American Centennial celebrations throughout the United States, including New York and Minnesota. During this celebration in Leif Ericson square, an unidentified man is giving a speech to the attendees of the parade.
Overlooking the crowd of parade attendees in Leif Ericson square.. Carl O. Pedersen, a Norwegian-born Lutheran clergyman, was influential in the Norse-American Centennial celebrations throughout the United States, including New York and Minnesota.
Six men march in the Norse-American Centennial parade while holding the Norwegian and American flag in New York. Carl O. Pedersen was influential in organizing this parade and many other celebrations across the country, including Minnesota.
A group of wearing the traditional Norwegian bunad in the Norse-American Centennial parade in Leif Ericson Square. The bunad would have been worn by many attendees during the Norse-American Centennial Celebration in St. Paul, Minnesota.
Commemoration of the first arrival in New York of Norwegian immigrants in 1825 and program of the Norse-American Centennial held on the Minnesota State Fairgrounds in June 1925.
Tissue paper advertisement depicting a sloop, possibly the Restaurationen, crossing the sea to America. Printed with the logo for the Morse's Chocolate.
Cantata for soprano, baritone, chorus and orchestra created for the Norse-American Centennial with text by B.J. Rothnem and Music by F. Melius Christiansen.
This group of parade attendees include Nils Collett Vogt, Helene Olaussen, Olaf Ronning, Arne Kildal, Anders Telnaes, Hilmar Halvorsen, Hans Fray, Peter Berge and Carl O. Pedersen. Pedersen was involved in Centennial celebrations across the country.
Norwegian nurses marching in the Norse-American Centennial parade. Brooklyn was home to the Norwegian Lutheran Deaconess Hospital, which eventually expanded to the upper Midwest.