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Norwegian Sunday School Picnic
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A Norwegian Sunday school picnic, perhaps held at Maple Bluff on Lake Mendota. The original stereograph is in the collection of the Norwegian-American Historical Society in Northfield, Minnesota.
1873
Dahl, Andreas Larsen, 1844-1923
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Children on Picnic at Lakeshore
1870
Large picnic group, mainly children, at lakeshore, possibly McBride's Point in Maple Bluff on Lake Mendota near Madison.
Campers at McBride's Point
1873
A group of campers at McBride's Point at Maple Bluff on Lake Mendota. They are equipped with German exercise equipment (exercise pins, "kegels"), a horn (like a miniature alpen horn), an axe and ar...
Campers at McBride's Point
1879
View of campers and tents at McBride's Point at Maple Bluff on Lake Mendota near Madison.
Interior of Norwegian-American Lutheran Church
1874
The interior of a Norwegian-American Lutheran Church decorated with garlands and religious admonitions in Norwegian.
Halle Steensland and Family
1875
Halle Steensland and his wife Sophia pose with their five children (left to right: Morten, Henry, Edward, Halbert and Helen) in front of their home in Maple Bluff.
Syttende Mai on Lake Mendota
1878
Group portrait of a large group of men, women and children, at a lake shore, possibly Maple Bluff on Lake Mendota near Madison. The Norwegian flag suggests that this may be Syttende Mai (May Celebr...
