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.
French Fliers Caste and Bellonte at Minneapolis Municipal Airport (Wold-Chamberlain Field) on September 19, 1930 surrounded by crowd, many of which are park board members.
Mayor Eugene R. Lambert, Fred R. Lewis General Chairman and others, noted the 1856 naming and platting of Duluth in a local centennial celebration August 2-12, 1956.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
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.
Future Minnesota governor John A. Johnson, from St. Peter, and a number of his friends at Lake Emily east of St. Peter in 1900. Johnson is standing at the far left.
Harriet Coxe Fillebrown posed near the fireplace of the Fillebrown family's cottage at White Bear, Minnesota on the occasion of her 50th wedding anniversary with Jonas Walter Fillebrown in July of 1931. Harriet is wearing her wedding gown.
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.
Judy Young waits with a group of patrons while Library Board President Earl Czech speaks a few words during the grand opening of the Rum River Library.
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.
A man, possibly photographer Cook Ely, sitting in his room interior with furnishings, photographs, fireplace, rugs, and personal belongings including a G.A.R. item, IOOF items, fraternal photo, family photos, Christian Endeavor medallion, probably 1904, and possibly a link with First Presbyterian church.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Portrait of Maud Hart Lovelace's family, from left to right: Tom Hart, Helen Hart, Maud Hart, Stella Hart, and Mrs. C. H. Austin. Note reads, "Hart Family, in the High Street House of the B-T (Betsy-Tacy) stories. Actually on 5th St, Mankato. Helen (called Margaret in the Betsy-Tacy stories) later Mrs. Frank Fowler, on Mr. Hart's (Mr. Ray's) knee. M. H. L. (Betsy) reading a letter from Kathleen (Julia of the B-T series) then studying singing in Berlin--later Mrs. Frohman Foster, singing teacher, Los Angeles, Cal. Mrs. Hart (Betsy Ray's mother)" Mrs. C. H. Austin (Betsy's grandmother) visiting from California."
Minneapolis Park Board Music Supervisor Harry Strobel, Parks and Recreation Program Supervisor Charlotte Fosburg, Symphonic Band Conductor Elmo Lunkley, and Grain Belt Brewing President Frank D. Kiewel in Grain Belt Concert Park in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Minneapolis Park Board Superintendent Theodore Wirth, his son Conrad Wirth, and grandson Ted Wirth at the Superintendent's Home at Lyndale Farmstead Park in July 1928 Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Nils G. Sahlin, director of the American Swedish Institute, speaking in Scandia, Minnesota. Governor and Mrs. Youngdahl are on the platform behind Dr. Sahlin.
Dr. Nils G. Sahlin, director, American Swedish Institute, and Eric G. Hoyer, mayor of Minneapolis, pose in front of a map of Sweden at the Swan J. Turnblad mansion. Completed in 1908, the Swan J. Turnblad mansion was built in the French Chateauesque style. The house became the American Swedish Institute in 1929.
Library Director Jerry Young, Library Board member Jacqueline Padula, and Commissioner Natalie Haas-Steffen cut the ribbon of the new Round Lake Library in front of a eager crowd of children.
Minneapolis, Minnesota Park Board Commissioners planting a tree at Bde Maka Ska, Portius C. Deming holding the tree, Francis A. Gross second from right, and Superintendent Theodore Wirth second from left. Bde Maka Ska is Dakota for "White Earth Lake," and was previously known as "Lake Calhoun."
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.
Peter Grills, Director of Minnesota Shade Trees Disease Control program, speaking at the 1977 convention of the Minnesota State Horticultural Society in Duluth.
Photo taken to commemorate Horticultural Awareness Week. Ruth Krognes, Bagley Club Vice Chairman and Gene Beltz Jr Farmers Independent are holding a vase of flowers.
A photograph of J.C Pope and Henry Rines standing in the back and George H. Newbert and Rolly Pope sitting on the bench. The bottom portion of the photograph is broken off.