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People in traditional Norwegian clothing gather gather outside an 1879 Norwegian parochial school building at Vesterheim, the Norwegian-American museum and heritage center in Decorah, Iowa

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The museum displays more than 33,000 Norwegian and Norwegian-American artifacts, includes 12 historic buildings, a folk-art School, an More

Helen Hendrickson shows an old Norwegian book to Margret Zook at Vesterheim, the Norwegian-American museum and heritage center in Decorah, Iowa

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The museum displays more than 33,000 Norwegian and Norwegian-American artifacts, includes 12 historic buildings, a folk-art School, an More

Women in traditional Norwegian clothing examine a loom at Vesterheim, the Norwegian-American museum and heritage center in Decorah, Iowa

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The museum displays more than 33,000 Norwegian and Norwegian-American artifacts, includes 12 historic buildings, a folk-art School, an More

The tiny Norsvin Mill, imported from Norway and displayed at Vesterheim, the Norwegian-American museum and heritage center in Decorah, Iowa

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. This gristmill mounted millstones on a vertical shaft. A flume carried water to activate a horizontal waterwheel at the base of the sh More

People in traditional Norwegian clothing gather at Vesterheim, the Norwegian-American museum and heritage center in Decorah, Iowa

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The museum displays more than 33,000 Norwegian and Norwegian-American artifacts, includes 12 historic buildings, a folk-art School, an More

People in traditional Norwegian clothing are more focused on young James Zook than at the gigantic Norwegian ship behind them at Vesterheim, the Norwegian-American museum and heritage center in Decorah, Iowa

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The museum displays more than 33,000 Norwegian and Norwegian-American artifacts, includes 12 historic buildings, a folk-art School, an More

At Vesterheim, the Norwegian-American museum and heritage center in Decorah, Iowa, people in traditional Norwegian clothing gather at the Valdres House, a typical Norwegian landowner's house built in 1795 in Heggenes, Norway

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The museum displays more than 33,000 Norwegian and Norwegian-American artifacts, includes 12 historic buildings, a folk-art School, an More

People in traditional Norwegian clothing gather in an exhibit space at Vesterheim, the Norwegian-American museum and heritage center in Decorah, Iowa

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The museum displays more than 33,000 Norwegian and Norwegian-American artifacts, includes 12 historic buildings, a folk-art School, an More

Women in traditional Norwegian clothing examine a loom at Vesterheim, the Norwegian-American museum and heritage center in Decorah, Iowa

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The museum displays more than 33,000 Norwegian and Norwegian-American artifacts, includes 12 historic buildings, a folk-art School, an More

Michael Bergan, in a traditional Norwegian "tuxedo" of sorts, worn for various celebratory occasions, displays exhibit objects at Vesterheim, the Norwegian-American museum and heritage center in Decorah, Iowa

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The museum displays more than 33,000 Norwegian and Norwegian-American artifacts, includes 12 historic buildings, a folk-art School, an More

People in traditional Norwegian clothing gather at Vesterheim, the Norwegian-American museum and heritage center in Decorah, Iowa

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The museum displays more than 33,000 Norwegian and Norwegian-American artifacts, includes 12 historic buildings, a folk-art School, an More

Helen Hendrickson shows an old Norwegian book to Margret Zook at Vesterheim, the Norwegian-American museum and heritage center in Decorah, Iowa

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The museum displays more than 33,000 Norwegian and Norwegian-American artifacts, includes 12 historic buildings, a folk-art School, an More