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Postcard

Singer Advertising Card - Norwegian Man

Date: 1892
Description: Chromolithograph card of a man from Norway in "native" Norwegian costume, posing next to a Singer sewing machine. Part of a "Costumes of All Nations," set ...
Postcard

Singer Advertising Card - Norwegian Woman

Date: 1892
Description: Chromolithograph card of a woman from Norway in "native" Norwegian costume, posing next to a Singer sewing machine. Part of a "Costumes of All Nations," se...
Postcard

Singer Advertising Card - Swedish Woman

Date: 1892
Description: Chromolithograph card of a woman from Sweden (Dalarne) in "native" Swedish costume, posing next to a Singer sewing machine. Part of a "Costumes of All Nati...
Photograph

Mrs. Steensland

Date: 1899
Description: Mrs. Halle Steensland poses seated in a rocking chair in the beautifully decorated sitting room in her house at 315 North Carroll Street. She appears to be...
Photograph

Halle Steensland at Home

Date: 1899
Description: Halle Steensland poses in his lavishly decorated library at his house on 315 North Carroll Street.
Map or Atlas

Map of Nationalities in Wisconsin

Date: 1890
Description: A hand-colored map of Wisconsin showing distribution ethnic groups based on the 1885 state census. The various nationalities are color-coded and include: I...
Historical Essay

Anderson, Rasmus Bjorn (1846-1936)

Author, Diplomat, Editor and Professor
Discover the history of author, diplomat, editor and first professor of Scandinavian languages at the University of Wisconsin Rasmus Anderson.

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