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Danish Election - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Danish Election - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Public domain photograph of building interior, office, room, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Bobby Dobbs - Holger Hausen [i.e., Hansen]

Bobby Dobbs - Holger Hausen [i.e., Hansen]

Photo shows African-American boxer Robert "Bobby" Dobbs (1869-1930) who fought against Danish boxer Holger Hansen in Copenhagen, on July 10, 1910. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2008)

Prof. Aug. Krogh, George Grantham Bain Collection

Prof. Aug. Krogh, George Grantham Bain Collection

Photograph shows physiologist and Nobel Prize winner August Krogh (1874-1949). (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2018) Title from data provided by the Bain News Service on the negative. Forms part of: George Gra... More

Conservation. Scrap iron and steel. Firing scrapped automobiles to provide steel for the National Defense production program. In these auto graveyards scrapped cars are stripped of all usable parts and then sent to scrap iron dealers who press and bale the metal for shipment to steel mills

Conservation. Scrap iron and steel. Firing scrapped automobiles to pro...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944... More

Norwegian Independence Day ceremony at Norwegian Memorial Lutheran Church, Minnekirken, 2614 North Milwaukee Avenue, Logan Square, Chicago, Illinois

Norwegian Independence Day ceremony at Norwegian Memorial Lutheran Chu...

Online digital image numbers may be offset by 1 or 2 digits from the film negative frame numbers. Film negative frame numbers, descriptions: 1-4, local (non-Norwegian) Logan Square youths hang out on steps of M... More

Danish Singing Society Harmonien rehearsing at Normennenes Singing Society Hall, 2414 N. Kedzie Blvd., Logan Square, Chicago, Illinois

Danish Singing Society Harmonien rehearsing at Normennenes Singing Soc...

Image numbers, descriptions: 1-6, Danish Singing Society Harmonien rehearsing at Normennenes Singing Society Hall, 2414 N. Kedzie Blvd., Logan Square - Wayne Spies is leading (dark suit, reddish tie, standing i... More

Norwegian Independence Day ceremony at Norwegian Memorial Lutheran Church, Minnekirken, 2614 North Milwaukee Avenue, Logan Square, Chicago, Illinois

Norwegian Independence Day ceremony at Norwegian Memorial Lutheran Chu...

Online digital image numbers may be offset by 1 or 2 digits from the film negative frame numbers. Film negative frame numbers, descriptions: 1-4, local (non-Norwegian) Logan Square youths hang out on steps of M... More

Elverhøj. Libretto. German Opera

Elverhøj. Libretto. German Opera

Musik von F.D.R. Kuhlau ; nach J.L. Heibergs Original "Elverhøi" aus dem Dänischen ins Deutsche übertragen und mit einem Vorworte versehen von P.F. Siebold. (statement of responsibility) U.S. RISM Libretto Proj... More

Elverhøj. Libretto. German Opera

Elverhøj. Libretto. German Opera

Musik von F.D.R. Kuhlau ; nach J.L. Heibergs Original "Elverhøi" aus dem Dänischen ins Deutsche übertragen und mit einem Vorworte versehen von P.F. Siebold. (statement of responsibility) U.S. RISM Libretto Proj... More

Norwegian Independence Day ceremony at Norwegian Memorial Lutheran Church, Minnekirken, 2614 North Milwaukee Avenue, Logan Square, Chicago, Illinois

Norwegian Independence Day ceremony at Norwegian Memorial Lutheran Chu...

Online digital image numbers may be offset by 1 or 2 digits from the film negative frame numbers. Film negative frame numbers, descriptions: 1-4, local (non-Norwegian) Logan Square youths hang out on steps of M... More

Ham's Bluff Lighthouse, Assistant Keeper's Quarters, Maroon Ridge of Ham's Bluff, North Star, St. Croix, VI

Ham's Bluff Lighthouse, Assistant Keeper's Quarters, Maroon Ridge of H...

Significance: The significance of the two auxiliary buildings is their association with the Ham's Bluff Lighthouse. The Lighthouse was put into operation in 1913 by the Danish government in response to the bui... More

Lutheran Parsonage, 51 King Street, Christiansted, St. Croix, VI

Lutheran Parsonage, 51 King Street, Christiansted, St. Croix, VI

Significance: A good example of one of the architecturally more pretentious medium-sized town houses of Christiansted, St. Croix. It is not typical, but has, however, the construction details and the architect... More

Scalemshouse, Christiansted Wharf Square vicinity, Christiansted, St. Croix, VI

Scalemshouse, Christiansted Wharf Square vicinity, Christiansted, St. ...

Significance: Christiansted was an important trading center in the 18th and 19th centuries, and the scalehouse was a central feature in the wharf area. The building is typical of the 19th-century architecture ... More

Scalemshouse, Christiansted Wharf Square vicinity, Christiansted, St. Croix, VI

Scalemshouse, Christiansted Wharf Square vicinity, Christiansted, St. ...

Significance: Christiansted was an important trading center in the 18th and 19th centuries, and the scalehouse was a central feature in the wharf area. The building is typical of the 19th-century architecture ... More

Fort Christiansvaern, Company Street vicinity, Christiansted, St. Croix, VI

Fort Christiansvaern, Company Street vicinity, Christiansted, St. Croi...

Significance: The plan of the fort is typical of a four-pointed citadel of the 17th and early 18th centuries. It consists of four one-story curtain walls built around a near square court, projecting bastions ... More

Fort Christiansvaern, Company Street vicinity, Christiansted, St. Croix, VI

Fort Christiansvaern, Company Street vicinity, Christiansted, St. Croi...

Significance: The plan of the fort is typical of a four-pointed citadel of the 17th and early 18th centuries. It consists of four one-story curtain walls built around a near square court, projecting bastions ... More

Fort Christiansvaern, Company Street vicinity, Christiansted, St. Croix, VI

Fort Christiansvaern, Company Street vicinity, Christiansted, St. Croi...

Significance: The plan of the fort is typical of a four-pointed citadel of the 17th and early 18th centuries. It consists of four one-story curtain walls built around a near square court, projecting bastions ... More

Customhouse & Post Office, Christiansted Warf Square vicinity, Christiansted, St. Croix, VI

Customhouse & Post Office, Christiansted Warf Square vicinity, Christi...

Significance: Christiansted, as the chief port of St. Croix, was an important trading center in the 18th and 19th centuries; it exported large quantities of sugar, rum, and molasses. This building, which was t... More

Moravian Mission House, King Street vicinity, Christiansted, St. Croix, VI

Moravian Mission House, King Street vicinity, Christiansted, St. Croix...

Significance: This large masonry and wood frame structure housed at one time at least two full families, one to each of the upper floors. On each floor are central living rooms flanked by bedrooms and other se... More

Moravian Mission House, King Street vicinity, Christiansted, St. Croix, VI

Moravian Mission House, King Street vicinity, Christiansted, St. Croix...

Significance: This large masonry and wood frame structure housed at one time at least two full families, one to each of the upper floors. On each floor are central living rooms flanked by bedrooms and other se... More

Moravian Mission House, King Street vicinity, Christiansted, St. Croix, VI

Moravian Mission House, King Street vicinity, Christiansted, St. Croix...

Significance: This large masonry and wood frame structure housed at one time at least two full families, one to each of the upper floors. On each floor are central living rooms flanked by bedrooms and other se... More

S. Peterburgʺ. Imperatorskai︠a︡ voenno meditsinskai︠a︡ akademii︠a︡ St.-Pétersbourg. Académie impériale militaire de médecine.

S. Peterburgʺ. Imperatorskai︠a︡ voenno meditsinskai︠a︡ akademii︠a︡ St....

Print shows Voskresensky Novodevichy Convent in St. Petersburg, Russia. Addressed to: Miss ... Petersen ... Denmark. Message on recto in Danish. Forms part of: Winokur-Munblit Collection of the Russian Empire ... More

Quarters B, Kongensgade 32-33, Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, VI

Quarters B, Kongensgade 32-33, Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, VI

Significance: Built by Germans for a consulate during Danish occupations of island, later used as residence for government secretary, now municipal office. Neo-classical with (front) facade. Unusual staircase... More

Steeple Building, Company Street, Christiansted, St. Croix, VI

Steeple Building, Company Street, Christiansted, St. Croix, VI

Significance: This church was built by the government of the Danish West Indies and Guinea Company. As the building that housed the established church of the colony, it was an integral part of the architecture... More

Steeple Building, Company Street, Christiansted, St. Croix, VI

Steeple Building, Company Street, Christiansted, St. Croix, VI

Significance: This church was built by the government of the Danish West Indies and Guinea Company. As the building that housed the established church of the colony, it was an integral part of the architecture... More

Frederiksfort, King Street vicinity, Frederiksted, St. Croix, VI

Frederiksfort, King Street vicinity, Frederiksted, St. Croix, VI

Significance: This 18th-century Danish fort of unusual design is one of the pivotal structures within Frederiksted Historic District. Survey number: HABS VI-47 Building/structure dates: 1752 Initial Construction

Frederiksfort, King Street vicinity, Frederiksted, St. Croix, VI

Frederiksfort, King Street vicinity, Frederiksted, St. Croix, VI

Significance: This 18th-century Danish fort of unusual design is one of the pivotal structures within Frederiksted Historic District. Survey number: HABS VI-47 Building/structure dates: 1752 Initial Construction

Frederiksfort, King Street vicinity, Frederiksted, St. Croix, VI

Frederiksfort, King Street vicinity, Frederiksted, St. Croix, VI

Significance: This 18th-century Danish fort of unusual design is one of the pivotal structures within Frederiksted Historic District. Survey number: HABS VI-47 Building/structure dates: 1752 Initial Construction

A new map of North America, with the British, French, Spanish, Dutch & Danish dominions on that great continent; and the West India Islands,

A new map of North America, with the British, French, Spanish, Dutch &...

Scale ca. 1:18,500,000. Relief shown pictorially. Hand colored. Shows boundaries, cities and towns, roads, forts, Indian villages and tribal territory, and vegetation. Also shows anchorages, currents, and route... More

Children of Roger Nielsen Danish Legation, 11320

Children of Roger Nielsen Danish Legation, 11320

Title from unverified data provided by the National Photo Company on the negatives or negative sleeves. Caption from caption list: Children of the Technical Advisor of the Danish Legation Roger Nielsen, and Mrs... More

Children of Roger Nielsen Danish Legation, 1/13/20

Children of Roger Nielsen Danish Legation, 1/13/20

Public domain historical photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Neils Eickhoff, son of the Charge d'Affairs of the Danish Legation and Mme. Eickhoff

Neils Eickhoff, son of the Charge d'Affairs of the Danish Legation and...

A woman standing in front of a machine. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Neils Eickhoff, son of the Charge d'Affairs of the Danish Legation and Mme. Eickhoff

Neils Eickhoff, son of the Charge d'Affairs of the Danish Legation and...

A woman standing in front of an old fashioned telephone, Library of Congress Harris and Ewing collection Title from unverified caption data received with the Harris & Ewing Collection. Date based on date of ne... More

A Danish pilot who is serving with the Royal Air Force in England

A Danish pilot who is serving with the Royal Air Force in England

Picryl description: Public domain image of a pilot, aviator, aircraft, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Horse drawn trolley in Solvang, Santa Barbara County, California

Horse drawn trolley in Solvang, Santa Barbara County, California

Located in the Santa Ynez Valley, the town was founded by a group of Danes who traveled west to establish a Danish colony far from the midwestern winters. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer.... More

Custom House, Custom House Street, Frederiksted, St. Croix, VI

Custom House, Custom House Street, Frederiksted, St. Croix, VI

Significance: Although the original 18th-century design of the Custom House is discernible, both in the building's over-all form and in its details, the addition of a front gallery and a hipped roof above the p... More

Norwegian Independence Day ceremony at Norwegian Memorial Lutheran Church, Minnekirken, 2614 North Milwaukee Avenue, Logan Square, Chicago, Illinois

Norwegian Independence Day ceremony at Norwegian Memorial Lutheran Chu...

Online digital image numbers may be offset by 1 or 2 digits from the film negative frame numbers. Film negative frame numbers, descriptions: 1-4, local (non-Norwegian) Logan Square youths hang out on steps of M... More

Ham's Bluff Lighthouse, Assistant Keeper's Quarters, Maroon Ridge of Ham's Bluff, North Star, St. Croix, VI

Ham's Bluff Lighthouse, Assistant Keeper's Quarters, Maroon Ridge of H...

Significance: The significance of the two auxiliary buildings is their association with the Ham's Bluff Lighthouse. The Lighthouse was put into operation in 1913 by the Danish government in response to the bui... More

Ham's Bluff Lighthouse, Assistant Keeper's Quarters, Maroon Ridge of Ham's Bluff, North Star, St. Croix, VI

Ham's Bluff Lighthouse, Assistant Keeper's Quarters, Maroon Ridge of H...

Significance: The significance of the two auxiliary buildings is their association with the Ham's Bluff Lighthouse. The Lighthouse was put into operation in 1913 by the Danish government in response to the bui... More

The West Indies exhibiting the English, French, Spanish, Dutch, and Danish settlements, with the adjacent parts of North & South America, from the best authorities,

The West Indies exhibiting the English, French, Spanish, Dutch, and Da...

Scale ca. 1:4,750,000. Hand colored. Prime meridian: Ferro. Relief shown pictorially. On verso: [Plate no.] 56. Label attached to verso. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1726 Available also through the Libr... More

Lutheran Parsonage, 51 King Street, Christiansted, St. Croix, VI

Lutheran Parsonage, 51 King Street, Christiansted, St. Croix, VI

Significance: A good example of one of the architecturally more pretentious medium-sized town houses of Christiansted, St. Croix. It is not typical, but has, however, the construction details and the architect... More

Lutheran Parsonage, 51 King Street, Christiansted, St. Croix, VI

Lutheran Parsonage, 51 King Street, Christiansted, St. Croix, VI

Significance: A good example of one of the architecturally more pretentious medium-sized town houses of Christiansted, St. Croix. It is not typical, but has, however, the construction details and the architect... More

Scalemshouse, Christiansted Wharf Square vicinity, Christiansted, St. Croix, VI

Scalemshouse, Christiansted Wharf Square vicinity, Christiansted, St. ...

Significance: Christiansted was an important trading center in the 18th and 19th centuries, and the scalehouse was a central feature in the wharf area. The building is typical of the 19th-century architecture ... More

Scalemshouse, Christiansted Wharf Square vicinity, Christiansted, St. Croix, VI

Scalemshouse, Christiansted Wharf Square vicinity, Christiansted, St. ...

Significance: Christiansted was an important trading center in the 18th and 19th centuries, and the scalehouse was a central feature in the wharf area. The building is typical of the 19th-century architecture ... More

Scalemshouse, Christiansted Wharf Square vicinity, Christiansted, St. Croix, VI

Scalemshouse, Christiansted Wharf Square vicinity, Christiansted, St. ...

Significance: Christiansted was an important trading center in the 18th and 19th centuries, and the scalehouse was a central feature in the wharf area. The building is typical of the 19th-century architecture ... More

Fort Christiansvaern, Company Street vicinity, Christiansted, St. Croix, VI

Fort Christiansvaern, Company Street vicinity, Christiansted, St. Croi...

Significance: The plan of the fort is typical of a four-pointed citadel of the 17th and early 18th centuries. It consists of four one-story curtain walls built around a near square court, projecting bastions ... More

Fort Christiansvaern, Company Street vicinity, Christiansted, St. Croix, VI

Fort Christiansvaern, Company Street vicinity, Christiansted, St. Croi...

Significance: The plan of the fort is typical of a four-pointed citadel of the 17th and early 18th centuries. It consists of four one-story curtain walls built around a near square court, projecting bastions ... More

Fort Christiansvaern, Company Street vicinity, Christiansted, St. Croix, VI

Fort Christiansvaern, Company Street vicinity, Christiansted, St. Croi...

Significance: The plan of the fort is typical of a four-pointed citadel of the 17th and early 18th centuries. It consists of four one-story curtain walls built around a near square court, projecting bastions ... More

Fort Christiansvaern, Company Street vicinity, Christiansted, St. Croix, VI

Fort Christiansvaern, Company Street vicinity, Christiansted, St. Croi...

Significance: The plan of the fort is typical of a four-pointed citadel of the 17th and early 18th centuries. It consists of four one-story curtain walls built around a near square court, projecting bastions ... More

Fort Christiansvaern, Company Street vicinity, Christiansted, St. Croix, VI

Fort Christiansvaern, Company Street vicinity, Christiansted, St. Croi...

Significance: The plan of the fort is typical of a four-pointed citadel of the 17th and early 18th centuries. It consists of four one-story curtain walls built around a near square court, projecting bastions ... More

Fort Christiansvaern, Company Street vicinity, Christiansted, St. Croix, VI

Fort Christiansvaern, Company Street vicinity, Christiansted, St. Croi...

Significance: The plan of the fort is typical of a four-pointed citadel of the 17th and early 18th centuries. It consists of four one-story curtain walls built around a near square court, projecting bastions ... More

Fort Christiansvaern, Company Street vicinity, Christiansted, St. Croix, VI

Fort Christiansvaern, Company Street vicinity, Christiansted, St. Croi...

Significance: The plan of the fort is typical of a four-pointed citadel of the 17th and early 18th centuries. It consists of four one-story curtain walls built around a near square court, projecting bastions ... More

Fort Christiansvaern, Company Street vicinity, Christiansted, St. Croix, VI

Fort Christiansvaern, Company Street vicinity, Christiansted, St. Croi...

Significance: The plan of the fort is typical of a four-pointed citadel of the 17th and early 18th centuries. It consists of four one-story curtain walls built around a near square court, projecting bastions ... More

Thalia Hall, 1215-1225 West Eighteenth Street, Chicago, Cook County, IL

Thalia Hall, 1215-1225 West Eighteenth Street, Chicago, Cook County, I...

2005 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: In 1892, John Dusek, an immigrant from Bohemia, began to make plans to develop the corner of 18th St. and Allport St. as a public gathering place, no known as... More

Frederiks Lutheran Church, Norregade, Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, VI

Frederiks Lutheran Church, Norregade, Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, VI

Significance: The church was built in 1793. The congregation was descended from the earliest Danish group which first worshipped in the fort. During the great fire of 1825, which destroyed 1,200 buildings in ... More

Customhouse & Post Office, Christiansted Warf Square vicinity, Christiansted, St. Croix, VI

Customhouse & Post Office, Christiansted Warf Square vicinity, Christi...

Significance: Christiansted, as the chief port of St. Croix, was an important trading center in the 18th and 19th centuries; it exported large quantities of sugar, rum, and molasses. This building, which was t... More

Moravian Mission House, King Street vicinity, Christiansted, St. Croix, VI

Moravian Mission House, King Street vicinity, Christiansted, St. Croix...

Significance: This large masonry and wood frame structure housed at one time at least two full families, one to each of the upper floors. On each floor are central living rooms flanked by bedrooms and other se... More

Moravian Mission House, King Street vicinity, Christiansted, St. Croix, VI

Moravian Mission House, King Street vicinity, Christiansted, St. Croix...

Significance: This large masonry and wood frame structure housed at one time at least two full families, one to each of the upper floors. On each floor are central living rooms flanked by bedrooms and other se... More

Moravian Mission House, King Street vicinity, Christiansted, St. Croix, VI

Moravian Mission House, King Street vicinity, Christiansted, St. Croix...

Significance: This large masonry and wood frame structure housed at one time at least two full families, one to each of the upper floors. On each floor are central living rooms flanked by bedrooms and other se... More

Quarters B, Kongensgade 32-33, Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, VI

Quarters B, Kongensgade 32-33, Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, VI

Significance: Built by Germans for a consulate during Danish occupations of island, later used as residence for government secretary, now municipal office. Neo-classical with (front) facade. Unusual staircase... More

Steeple Building, Company Street, Christiansted, St. Croix, VI

Steeple Building, Company Street, Christiansted, St. Croix, VI

Significance: This church was built by the government of the Danish West Indies and Guinea Company. As the building that housed the established church of the colony, it was an integral part of the architecture... More

Frederiksfort, King Street vicinity, Frederiksted, St. Croix, VI

Frederiksfort, King Street vicinity, Frederiksted, St. Croix, VI

Significance: This 18th-century Danish fort of unusual design is one of the pivotal structures within Frederiksted Historic District. Survey number: HABS VI-47 Building/structure dates: 1752 Initial Construction

Bluebeard's Castle, Frederiksberg Estate, Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, VI

Bluebeard's Castle, Frederiksberg Estate, Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas...

Significance: One of the earliest fortifications on St. Thomas, "Bluebeard's Castle" is a good example of a simple 17th century fortified tower. It has been a favorite object with tourists since the 19th centu... More

Legende - gramophone disc, record label

Legende - gramophone disc, record label

Female-male vocal duet, with piano Public domain photograph of gramophone disc label - sticker, record label, music record, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Midsommervise - gramophone disc, record label

Midsommervise - gramophone disc, record label

Male vocal solo, with piano Public domain photograph of gramophone disc label - sticker, record label, music record, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[German submarine U20, on Danish coast, said to be the one that sank the LUSITANIA?]

[German submarine U20, on Danish coast, said to be the one that sank t...

Title and other information transcribed from caption card and item. George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Caption card tracings: WWI Sub. warfare; Submarines; Ships LUSITANIA.

Windmill at the Solvang Brewing Company in Solvang, once a Danish colony in the Santa Ynez Valley of Santa Barbara County, California

Windmill at the Solvang Brewing Company in Solvang, once a Danish colo...

Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Solvang was founded in 1911 on almost 9,000 acres of the Rancho San Carlos de Jonata Mexican land grant by a group of Danes who traveled west to establish... More

Horse drawn trolley in Solvang, Santa Barbara County, California

Horse drawn trolley in Solvang, Santa Barbara County, California

Located in the Santa Ynez Valley, the town was founded by a group of Danes who traveled west to establish a Danish colony far from the midwestern winters. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer.... More

Solvang in Santa Barbara County, California

Solvang in Santa Barbara County, California

Located in the Santa Ynez Valley, the town was founded by a group of Danes who traveled west to establish a Danish colony far from the midwestern winters. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer.... More

Narciso. Libretto. Danish & Italian

Narciso. Libretto. Danish & Italian

U.S. RISM Libretto Project. Three acts; libretto in Italian and Danish on facing pages; p. 37 misnumbered 3; p. 52-53 apparently filmed twice; "Argomento"/"Indhold"--p. 2-3. Poesien er af Herr Apostolo Zeno, fo... More

Custom House, Custom House Street, Frederiksted, St. Croix, VI

Custom House, Custom House Street, Frederiksted, St. Croix, VI

Significance: Although the original 18th-century design of the Custom House is discernible, both in the building's over-all form and in its details, the addition of a front gallery and a hipped roof above the p... More

Norwegian Independence Day ceremony at Norwegian Memorial Lutheran Church, Minnekirken, 2614 North Milwaukee Avenue, Logan Square, Chicago, Illinois

Norwegian Independence Day ceremony at Norwegian Memorial Lutheran Chu...

Online digital image numbers may be offset by 1 or 2 digits from the film negative frame numbers. Film negative frame numbers, descriptions: 1-4, local (non-Norwegian) Logan Square youths hang out on steps of M... More

Lulu. Libretto. Libretto. Danish

Lulu. Libretto. Libretto. Danish

af Carl Frederik Güntelberg.̲ (statement of responsibility) U.S. RISM Libretto Project. Dedication--p. 3-4; dedicating poem--p. 5; half title--p. 7. Music by Kuhlau--New Grove. Performers' names not given.

Svea Restaurant; Norwegian Independence Day ParadeChicago, Illinois; J. Harry Andersen, Chicago, Illinois; Danish-American Athletic Club, Chicago, Illinois

Svea Restaurant; Norwegian Independence Day ParadeChicago, Illinois; J...

Online digital image numbers may be offset by 1 or 2 digits from the film negative frame numbers. Film negative frame numbers, descriptions: 0a-5, Kurt Mathiasson (with accordion and guitar) and unidentified em... More

Moravian Church, King Street vicinity, Christiansted, St. Croix, VI

Moravian Church, King Street vicinity, Christiansted, St. Croix, VI

Significance: The church is a mid-19th century structure with only minor alterations built on the site and incorporating remains of an earlier church. Its historical significance lies mainly in the part the Mo... More

Fort Willoughby, Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, VI

Fort Willoughby, Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, VI

Significance: Fort Willoughby is significant as both a Danish and British military defensive work on Hassel Island. Originally called Prince Frederik's Battery, it was built by the government of the Danish Wes... More

Lutheran Parsonage, 51 King Street, Christiansted, St. Croix, VI

Lutheran Parsonage, 51 King Street, Christiansted, St. Croix, VI

Significance: A good example of one of the architecturally more pretentious medium-sized town houses of Christiansted, St. Croix. It is not typical, but has, however, the construction details and the architect... More

Fort Christiansvaern, Company Street vicinity, Christiansted, St. Croix, VI

Fort Christiansvaern, Company Street vicinity, Christiansted, St. Croi...

Significance: The plan of the fort is typical of a four-pointed citadel of the 17th and early 18th centuries. It consists of four one-story curtain walls built around a near square court, projecting bastions ... More

Fort Christiansvaern, Company Street vicinity, Christiansted, St. Croix, VI

Fort Christiansvaern, Company Street vicinity, Christiansted, St. Croi...

Significance: The plan of the fort is typical of a four-pointed citadel of the 17th and early 18th centuries. It consists of four one-story curtain walls built around a near square court, projecting bastions ... More

Customhouse & Post Office, Christiansted Warf Square vicinity, Christiansted, St. Croix, VI

Customhouse & Post Office, Christiansted Warf Square vicinity, Christi...

Significance: Christiansted, as the chief port of St. Croix, was an important trading center in the 18th and 19th centuries; it exported large quantities of sugar, rum, and molasses. This building, which was t... More

Moravian Mission House, King Street vicinity, Christiansted, St. Croix, VI

Moravian Mission House, King Street vicinity, Christiansted, St. Croix...

Significance: This large masonry and wood frame structure housed at one time at least two full families, one to each of the upper floors. On each floor are central living rooms flanked by bedrooms and other se... More

Quarters B, Kongensgade 32-33, Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, VI

Quarters B, Kongensgade 32-33, Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, VI

Significance: Built by Germans for a consulate during Danish occupations of island, later used as residence for government secretary, now municipal office. Neo-classical with (front) facade. Unusual staircase... More

Lutheran Parsonage, Kongensgade 23, Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, VI

Lutheran Parsonage, Kongensgade 23, Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, VI

Significance: An 18th-century Danish Colonial house used continuously as residence for ministers of the Lutheran Church. Survey number: HABS VI-81

Steeple Building, Company Street, Christiansted, St. Croix, VI

Steeple Building, Company Street, Christiansted, St. Croix, VI

Significance: This church was built by the government of the Danish West Indies and Guinea Company. As the building that housed the established church of the colony, it was an integral part of the architecture... More

Steeple Building, Company Street, Christiansted, St. Croix, VI

Steeple Building, Company Street, Christiansted, St. Croix, VI

Significance: This church was built by the government of the Danish West Indies and Guinea Company. As the building that housed the established church of the colony, it was an integral part of the architecture... More

Bluebeard's Castle, Frederiksberg Estate, Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, VI

Bluebeard's Castle, Frederiksberg Estate, Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas...

Significance: One of the earliest fortifications on St. Thomas, "Bluebeard's Castle" is a good example of a simple 17th century fortified tower. It has been a favorite object with tourists since the 19th centu... More

Plan af Kjöbenhavn = Plan of Copenhagen /

Plan af Kjöbenhavn = Plan of Copenhagen /

City street map showing principal buildings, administrative wards, circumferential military fortifications (ramparts/bastions/canals, moats), and port facilities. Title on sheet and index in Danish and English.... More

Danish Frigate. 1861. Newport News. Zeeland

Danish Frigate. 1861. Newport News. Zeeland

Broadside view steam frigate. Title inscribed below image. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.594) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

Camille Pissarro - [Sketches of heads]. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Camille Pissarro - [Sketches of heads]. Book illustration from Library...

Four sketches of male heads in profile. Three have large noses. No copyright information found with item. Signed, lower left: C.P. Title devised. Bequest and gift; Caroline and Erwin Swann; 1974; (DLC/PP-1974:... More

Ivar Kirkegaard, Vice-Pres. Danish-American Assn.

Ivar Kirkegaard, Vice-Pres. Danish-American Assn.

A black and white photo of a man in a suit. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Wash. D.C. Danish Minister visits Girl Scouts. Otto Wedsted, Minister from Denmark, visits the National Girl Scouts "Little House" in Washington where he was greeted by Rosemary Tear, troop #16, center, and June Brown, troop #24. The weaving is part of the craft work of the Girl Scouts in Washington this winter. 11/23/35

Wash. D.C. Danish Minister visits Girl Scouts. Otto Wedsted, Minister ...

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Solvang in Santa Barbara County, California

Solvang in Santa Barbara County, California

Located in the Santa Ynez Valley, the town was founded by a group of Danes who traveled west to establish a Danish colony far from the midwestern winters. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer.... More

Norwegian Independence Day ceremony at Norwegian Memorial Lutheran Church, Minnekirken, 2614 North Milwaukee Avenue, Logan Square, Chicago, Illinois

Norwegian Independence Day ceremony at Norwegian Memorial Lutheran Chu...

Online digital image numbers may be offset by 1 or 2 digits from the film negative frame numbers. Film negative frame numbers, descriptions: 1-4, local (non-Norwegian) Logan Square youths hang out on steps of M... More

Ham's Bluff Lighthouse, Assistant Keeper's Quarters, Maroon Ridge of Ham's Bluff, North Star, St. Croix, VI

Ham's Bluff Lighthouse, Assistant Keeper's Quarters, Maroon Ridge of H...

Significance: The significance of the two auxiliary buildings is their association with the Ham's Bluff Lighthouse. The Lighthouse was put into operation in 1913 by the Danish government in response to the bui... More

Moravian Church, King Street vicinity, Christiansted, St. Croix, VI

Moravian Church, King Street vicinity, Christiansted, St. Croix, VI

Significance: The church is a mid-19th century structure with only minor alterations built on the site and incorporating remains of an earlier church. Its historical significance lies mainly in the part the Mo... More

Fort Willoughby, Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, VI

Fort Willoughby, Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, VI

Significance: Fort Willoughby is significant as both a Danish and British military defensive work on Hassel Island. Originally called Prince Frederik's Battery, it was built by the government of the Danish Wes... More

Lutheran Parsonage, 51 King Street, Christiansted, St. Croix, VI

Lutheran Parsonage, 51 King Street, Christiansted, St. Croix, VI

Significance: A good example of one of the architecturally more pretentious medium-sized town houses of Christiansted, St. Croix. It is not typical, but has, however, the construction details and the architect... More

Scalemshouse, Christiansted Wharf Square vicinity, Christiansted, St. Croix, VI

Scalemshouse, Christiansted Wharf Square vicinity, Christiansted, St. ...

Significance: Christiansted was an important trading center in the 18th and 19th centuries, and the scalehouse was a central feature in the wharf area. The building is typical of the 19th-century architecture ... More

Scalemshouse, Christiansted Wharf Square vicinity, Christiansted, St. Croix, VI

Scalemshouse, Christiansted Wharf Square vicinity, Christiansted, St. ...

Significance: Christiansted was an important trading center in the 18th and 19th centuries, and the scalehouse was a central feature in the wharf area. The building is typical of the 19th-century architecture ... More

Fort Christiansvaern, Company Street vicinity, Christiansted, St. Croix, VI

Fort Christiansvaern, Company Street vicinity, Christiansted, St. Croi...

Significance: The plan of the fort is typical of a four-pointed citadel of the 17th and early 18th centuries. It consists of four one-story curtain walls built around a near square court, projecting bastions ... More

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