Larry
Olson shared some pictures from his family attending a
Trønderlag event (his
grandmother's family was from near Trondheim), which was
possibly held at Minnehaha Park in Minneapolis. It
might have been an All-Scandinavian event, since there's
a Swedish flag, too....
From our member - Larry Olson
For the archives or your
personal interest - I recently got these from a cousin in
Minnesota. They show my
paternal grandmother (Alice Otilie Pederson Olson)
attending a Tronderlag event (her family was from near
Trondheim), which was possibly held at Minnehaha Park
in Minneapolis. It might have been an
All-Scandinavian event, since there's a Swedish flag,
too...
From their clothing, it
looks like the 1940s. The pictures were very likely
taken by three different cameras (based on the photo sizes
and the film numbers on the back), and possibly on the
same day, as all but one of the participants are wearing
the same clothes. My grandma was a picture-taker
from way back, but she appears in all but one of the
pictures.
Here are my descriptions
(and my detailed deductions). Several of the ladies
appear in multiple pictures and were likely friends of my
grandma, but I don't know any of them, and my aunt didn't
recognize anyone either.
1 - Roll 634 - landscape
orientation - 6 ladies
From left:
Alice O. Pederson Olson
in the shirtdress with the big white collar (she is
possibly the youngest, born 1908)
Lady B with camera
Lady C - the tallest,
with glasses and a hat (also young)
Lady D - white dress,
salt-and-pepper hair
Lady E - snow-white hair
Lady F - plaid dress and
dark hair
2 - Roll 634 - landscape orientation - wide angle shot of Tronderlag banner
2 - Roll 634 - landscape orientation - wide angle shot of Tronderlag banner
Alice is between the US
flag and the tree and next to her friend Lady B, now
holding a purse
3 - Roll 079 -
portrait orientation
- 3 ladies
From left:
Alice
Lady C, with glasses and the hat,
now seen in a checkered dress
Lady B, with her camera again
4 - Roll 959 - landscape
orientation - 6 ladies - full length
From left:
new Lady G - in dark blouse and
plaid skirt, with white corsage
Lady F - plaid dress and
dark hair
Alice
Lady D - white dress,
salt-and-pepper hair
Lady C with glasses, hat,
and checked dress
Lady E - snow-white hair
5 - Roll 959-
landscape orientation - 6 ladies behind picnic
table
From left:
Lady F -
plaid dress and dark hair
Lady C
with glasses, hat, and checked
dress
Alice
Lady G - in dark blouse
and plaid skirt, with white daisy corsage,
pearl choker and possibly earrings
Lady D - white dress,
salt-and-pepper hair
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Lady E - snow-white hair
6 - Roll 959 - landscape
orientation - 6 women and 2 men - in front
of Swedish and US flags
From
left:
Unknown woman
Lady F
- plaid dress and dark hair, now in a
hat
Lady G
- now in a light dress, still wearing
pearl choker and earrings, carrying a
handbag in her right hand and what
looks like a camera in her left
Two unknown men
Lady D
- white dress, salt-and-pepper hair,
carrying a purse
Two unknown women
Since Lady G appears to have
a camera and doesn't appear in pictures 1
and 2, or picture 3, she might have taken
them.
Grandma's friend Lady B with
the camera is missing from pictures 4, 5, and 6
and might have
taken them.
I
don't know if records exist for the
Trondelag group from that time.
If you can point me in the direction
of any, I might try to identify the
site and the other persons.
Stay
safe and healthy!
Regards,
Larry Olson from Minneapolis
Resident of Mt. Prospect, IL since 1985
Regards,
Larry Olson from Minneapolis
Resident of Mt. Prospect, IL since 1985
Larry's Family
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