Scientist Emil O. Deere
(Deere & Lydia's Bethany -- Lydia's Photography, 1906 - 1925)
(Deere & Lydia's Bethany -- Lydia's Photography, 1906 - 1925)
- To remember this Swedish American "Bethany College Building" is to remember the "Bethany Family" of its era. -
In that grandeur and wonder of…architectural marvels...would come,…to... Bethany College...a Swedish manor house.."herrgard"...the Swedish Pavilion..*
In that grandeur and wonder of…architectural marvels...would come,…to... Bethany College...a Swedish manor house.."herrgard"...the Swedish Pavilion..*
Bethany College "Swedish Pavilion"
1904
The prize of all of the Bethany College buildings to grace the Campus was the Swedish Pavilion. It is the only building on the Bethany College Campus which Lydia photographed that survives today. In 1969, it was relocated to the Swedish type open-air museum South Park at Lindsborg’s McPherson County Old Mill Museum Heritage Park.
This precious Swedish landmark of a Swedish manor house design was known also as the Sweden House. It was part of the St. Louis World's Fair (the Louisiana Purchase Exposition) of 1904. The entire student body, most of whom were Swedes, must have been thrill when it arrived. The yearbook representing the year in which it arrived most probably would have had photographs of it and much writing about it. For Lydia, to have the Swedish Pavilion on the Bethany College campus was extremely important, as the three photographs below prove.
This precious Swedish landmark of a Swedish manor house design was known also as the Sweden House. It was part of the St. Louis World's Fair (the Louisiana Purchase Exposition) of 1904. The entire student body, most of whom were Swedes, must have been thrill when it arrived. The yearbook representing the year in which it arrived most probably would have had photographs of it and much writing about it. For Lydia, to have the Swedish Pavilion on the Bethany College campus was extremely important, as the three photographs below prove.
- The Swedish Pavilion with the Bethany Girls and the Bethany Banner -
Lane Hart Dormitory Lady Principal Lydia Sohlberg with her Lane Hart Girls
Lane Hart Dormitory Lady Principal Lydia Sohlberg with her Lane Hart Girls
Pages 45 and 46, from Swedish American fourth Bethany College President Emory Lindquist’s 1975 book, Bethany in Kansas, the history of a college is the following:
"The year 1905 had witnessed the removal to the campus of the Swedish Pavilion at the Louisiana Purchase Exhibition at St. Louis the previous year. The Honorable W. W. Thomas, Jr., the United States Minister to Sweden and Norway, purchased the building and donated it to the College. The cost for moving it from St. Louis was $2,000. The building was of Swedish manor house design with a large main room and two wings. The coat of arms of Sweden was centered on one wall of the large room. The structure was known variously as the Sweden House or Swedish Pavilion. It was first used as an art exhibition hall and museum. Late a part of the building was used for gymnastic classes, home economics instruction, and one wing served for a number of years as an infirmary. Instruction in art was later provided in the Swedish Pavilion for many years since the space in the library was too limited to accommodate the needs. The Swedish Pavilion was moved to the Swedish type open-air museum in Mill Park in the south part of Lindsborg in 1969."
"The year 1905 had witnessed the removal to the campus of the Swedish Pavilion at the Louisiana Purchase Exhibition at St. Louis the previous year. The Honorable W. W. Thomas, Jr., the United States Minister to Sweden and Norway, purchased the building and donated it to the College. The cost for moving it from St. Louis was $2,000. The building was of Swedish manor house design with a large main room and two wings. The coat of arms of Sweden was centered on one wall of the large room. The structure was known variously as the Sweden House or Swedish Pavilion. It was first used as an art exhibition hall and museum. Late a part of the building was used for gymnastic classes, home economics instruction, and one wing served for a number of years as an infirmary. Instruction in art was later provided in the Swedish Pavilion for many years since the space in the library was too limited to accommodate the needs. The Swedish Pavilion was moved to the Swedish type open-air museum in Mill Park in the south part of Lindsborg in 1969."
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- The Swedish Pavilion coffee gathering for the Swedish ladies of Bethany College -
click on the ladies
- The Swedish Pavilion coffee gathering for the Swedish ladies of Bethany College -
click on the ladies
- Lydia on "the sidewalk" paralleling College Street walking towards Old Main with the Swedish Pavilion on her right -
Emil's photograph of Lydia.
- Views of Swedish Pavilion from Lane Hart Hall Fire Escape -
click on the Swedish Pavilion
- Swedish Pavilion -
with
Lane Hart Hall
in background
- Taken from a 5th floor front window, Chemistry Office, Room 14 of Old Main -
Emil's office was Room 12*
* Source: Page 352 of Dr. Leon Lundstrom's 1990 "History of Science and Mathematics at Bethany College, Lindsborg, Kansas"
1905
- Swedish Pavilion -
Bror Gustaf Gröndal Photograph
(Tiny Nina Sohlberg in left circle under white framed window)
Source: The Lydia Sohlberg Deere Papers, one of 5 post cards framed together hanging in her and Emil's Old Main apartment.
- 2012 -
- Coat of Arms of Sweden within the Swedish Pavilion -
For Their 1904 St. Louis World's Fair Swedish Pavilion, click below on image.
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To remember the "Bethany College Buildings" that are gone is to remember the "Bethany Family" of their era.
So let us remember them!
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To remember the "Bethany College Buildings" that are gone is to remember the "Bethany Family" of their era.
So let us remember them!
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Go HERE to the next Bethany College Building: Carnegie Library / Bethany Library
* Source: Their 1904 St. Louis World's Fair Swedish Pavilion
* Source: Their 1904 St. Louis World's Fair Swedish Pavilion
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"Let Us Celebrate Them"
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Swedes: TheWayTheyWere
~ restoring lost local histories ~
reconnecting past to present
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"Let Us Celebrate Them"
* * *
Swedes: TheWayTheyWere
~ restoring lost local histories ~
reconnecting past to present
* * *
All color photography throughout Swedes: The Way They Were is by Fran Cochran unless otherwise indicated.
Copyright © since October 8, 2015 to Current Year
as indicated on main menu sections of
www.swedesthewaytheywere.org. All rights reserved.
