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Valda Valkyrien

Date: 1916
Description: Publicity portrait of Valda Valkyrien, known as "The Movie Star of Denmark."
Photograph

Portrait of a Woman in Norwegian Costume

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Description: A portrait of a young woman in Norwegian costume, with long, loose hair and trimming at collar.
Photograph

Eken Men

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Description: Group studio portrait of men from the Eken family.
Photograph

It's Those Johnson Boys

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Description: The Johnson Brothers, billed as "Clean, Fast, Swedish Comedy," was a musical comedy act based in Racine, Wisconsin.
Photograph

Inez Lindell Bystrom

Date: 1930
Description: Quarter-length studio portrait of Inez Lindell Bystrom, teacher at Miles School in the town of Orienta in Bayfield County. Mrs. Bystrom was born in Lulea, ...
Poster

Hidden Valley Poster

Date: 1916
Description: Poster for the film Hidden Valley featuring Valkyrien (Baroness Dewitz). Features an image of a woman with long curly blonde hair wearing a laurel w...
Postcard

Norwegian Country Girl

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Description: An illustration of a Norwegian girl in a traditional dress. She has a decorated wooden box under her left arm, and a wooden pail in her right hand.
Photograph

Lina Hveem

Date: 1910
Description: Full-length portrait of Lina Hveem, mother of Odva Haug, seated in a chair and wearing Norwegian costume for 17th May, just after arriving in the United St...

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