70 results for: Scandinavian American
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Halibut fisherman, Seattle, 1956
Photographer Josef Scaylea (1913-2004) worked for 35 years as chief photographer for the Seattle Times, winning over 1000 awards for his photographs highlighting the scenery and people in the Pacific Northwest. He donated a collection of his photographs and photography equipment to MOHAI in 1993.Scaylea often photographed fisherman, including this Scandanavian fisherman in Ballard. Handwritten on image: Josef Scaylea.Handwritten on…
ID Number:Lib1993.20.96
Date:1956
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Scandinavian gillnetter Oscar Hambre, LaConner, Washington, 1965
Photographer Josef Scaylea (1913-2004) worked for 35 years as chief photographer for the Seattle Times, winning over 1000 awards for his photographs highlighting the scenery and people in the Pacific Northwest. He donated a collection of his photographs and photography equipment to MOHAI in 1993.Scaylea photographed many fishermen over the years, including this protrait of gillnetter Oscar Hambre in 1965.…
ID Number:Lib1993.20.207
Date:1965
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Sculptor Carl Freemanson, Preston, 1960
Sculptor Carl Freemanson (1905-1975) was a Swedish immigrant who moved to the Seattle area in 1950 after living and working in several other US cities. His art was exhibited in museums and galleries across the country, and he ran the Gallery in the Roest in Upper Preston, Washington. This portrait of the artist was taken by photographer Josef Scaylea.Scaylea (1913-2004)…
ID Number:Lib1993.20.212
Date:1960
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August Werner, Seattle, March 1973
August Hansen Werner (1893-1980) settled in Seattle in 1931 after an American career as a singer, particularly in the Norwegian American community. Werner had a thirty-year career as a University of Washington School of Music professor and became known as advocate for music and the arts within Scandinavian communities. Additionally, Werner was a visual artist who created the Leif Erikson…
ID Number:Lib1993.20.231
Date:1973
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Ivar Haglund, Seattle, 1962
Ivar Haglund shares a tender moment with one of his long-time companions. One of Seattle's most colorful and popular characters, Ivar won his way into the hearts of local residents with his zany antics. Born to Swedish/Norwegian parents in West Seattle in 1905 he grew up playing guitar and singing, performing on radio, on stage and on the sidewalk, eventually…
ID Number:Lib1993.20.236
Date:1962
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Banquet program for King Harald V's visit, 1995
Norway's King Harald V (b. 1937) and Queen Sonja (b. 1937) came to Seattle in 1995 for a four-day visit that included events around Puget Sound. Harald had visited Seattle twice previously as crown prince, first in January 1964 for an official visit, then in briefly in October 1967 after an official visit to Canada. The Pacific Northwest is home…
ID Number:Lib1996.8.17
Date:1995
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Woman spinning in Swedish Folk Art exhibition, February 1937
In mid-February 1937, various Swedish groups sponsored a Swedish Folk Art Exhibit at Seattle's Frederick and Nelson department store. Exhibits included handicrafts, utensils, furniture and weaving and spinning demonstrations. During the exhibit, Mrs. Ingeborg Soderlund demonstrated how to spin thread on an early 19th century wheel brought to Seattle from Gamtland in northern Sweden.This photo, taken in Seattle in February…
ID Number:PI22473
Date:1937
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Alaskan gold at the Scandinavian American Bank, circa 1901
Between 1897 and 1910, gold and money from the gold rush poured into Seattle's banks. Between May 1897 and September 1903, deposits at Seattle's Scandinavian American Bank grew from $170,594.08 to nearly $2.7 million.This photo was taken sometime between 1897 and 1902, at the Scandinavian American Bank in Seattle. It shows bank president Andrew Chilberg (right, behind counter) and a…
ID Number:SHS404
Date:circa 1901
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Reindeer and Sami at Woodland Park, 1898
In 1892, the United States government started bringing reindeer from Siberia into Alaska as a new food source for the native peoples. In 1898, the government brought in Norwegian reindeer, along with Sami herdsmen and their families. They stopped in Seattle to wait for a ship to Alaska. Some Sami remained in Alaska, while others eventually returned to Seattle or…
ID Number:SHS2899
Date:1898
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Ballard Boat Works on Salmon Bay, 1918
Norwegian immigrant Sivert Sagstad founded Ballard Boat Works in 1905 at the foot of Thirty-sixth Avenue NW. Sagstad had learned boat building from his father. By the time he died in 1946, the company had built more than 300 commercial fishing vessels, tug boats, and military rescue boats. The business changed its name and relocated several times; it is now…
ID Number:SHS15167
Date:1918