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| Date: | 01 07 1947 |
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| Description: | Included in the group portrait taken at the 50th anniversary luncheon of the founding of the Gudrid Reading circle are, from the left: Mrs. Juliue E. (Ann... |
| Date: | 04 21 1948 |
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| Description: | Six students from Marquette School representing early Wisconsin settlers in Norwegian ethnic costumes performing in the school pageant celebrating Wisconsi... |
| Date: | 05 28 1948 |
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| Description: | Wisconsin Centennial Parade near the Wisconsin State Capitol. A float of a Viking ship is being pulled by a vehicle decorated as a fish, "the Spirit of Sca... |
| Date: | 02 23 1950 |
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| Description: | Charter members of the Fremsyn Lodge No. 53 of the Daughters of Norway pose for a group portrait at the Edgewater Hotel during the Thirty-Fifth Anniversary... |
| Date: | 02 23 1950 |
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| Description: | Some of the women who worked on the arrangements for the Daughters of Norway Fremsyn Lodge No. 53 Thirty-Fifth Anniversary Banquet pose for a group portrai... |
| Date: | 11 03 1950 |
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| Description: | Seated at the speakers table are members of the Nansen Branch No. 43, of the Scandinavian American Fraternity. The banquet was held at the Park Hotel, 22 S... |
| Date: | 05 18 1951 |
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| Description: | Twelve Norwegion men observe the opening of Madison's observance of Syttende Mai, the Norwegion Independence Day, with a "golfspill" at the Nakoma Golf Clu... |
| Date: | 09 07 1917 |
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| Description: | Reunion of the Grand Army of the Republic at Camp Randall, members of the 15th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry (the mostly Scandinavian unit commanded by Colo... |
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| Description: | Eight Scandinavian men in suits and ties sit and stand in two rows posing for a formal studio portrait. Behind them is a curtain and part of a painted back... |
| Date: | 12 14 1953 |
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| Description: | Hannah Heegaard-Jensen demonstrates a Christmas tradition by frying ableskivers on Christmas Eve. |
| Date: | 03 10 1954 |
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| Description: | Portrait of Rognald and Anna Larson noting their 50th wedding anniversary. The couple married in the Vinje church in Voss, Norway in 1904 and came to Madis... |
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| Description: | An unknown group of people gathered outdoors with Norwegian flags near what appears to be a pavilion. In the far background is a building with scaffolding ... |
| Date: | 12 14 1956 |
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| Description: | Marie Skramstad (left) and Ann Riiber (right) enjoy the smorgasbord at the UW Scandinavian Club Christmas party. |
| Date: | 05 15 1959 |
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| Description: | A Syttende Mai celebration in honor of Norway's Independence Day was held by the Ygdrasil Literary Society. Participating in the program were, left to rig... |
| Date: | 03 17 1964 |
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| Description: | Group portrait of eleven men at Joseph "Roundy" Coughlin's Saint Patrick's Day party. Behind them is a sign with the words "Erin Go Bragh." During the part... |
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