Contacts
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Lindsborg's Celebrating 150 Years
(1869 - 2019)
@
the Svensk Hyllningsfest of October 18 - 19, 2019
Lindsborg's Celebrating 150 Years
(1869 - 2019)
@
the Svensk Hyllningsfest of October 18 - 19, 2019
"It's a rare day
when one can see a Swedish immigrant costumed middle school marching band...
only in Lindsborg at Svensk Hyllningsfest!"
-- 2019 Courtesy of the "LCVB"
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To
Yesteryears
for
Lydia's Lindsborg Photography, 1900-1925,
go
HERE
for the
1953
Classic
"Smoky Valley People: A History of Lindsborg, Kansas"
go
HERE
To
Yesteryears
for
Lydia's Lindsborg Photography, 1900-1925,
go
HERE
for the
1953
Classic
"Smoky Valley People: A History of Lindsborg, Kansas"
go
HERE
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2012
L i n d s b o r g
"A Destination for all Seasons"
April 13, 2012
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2012
L i n d s b o r g
"A Destination for all Seasons"
April 13, 2012
Narrated by former Mayor Don Anderson, 1989 - 2001
-- 2012, Courtesy of the "Lindsborg Convention and Visitors Bureau"
-- 2012, Courtesy of the "Lindsborg Convention and Visitors Bureau"
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- An old brochure summarizing the "essence" of "Little Sweden" -
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- An old brochure summarizing the "essence" of "Little Sweden" -
From the retired Lindsborg "Chamber of Commerce," crediting Turner Photography, Jaderborg Photography, Jack Turner Photographer, c2005.
The Lindsborg Swedish Dances of 1905 in front of the 1904 Swedish Pavilion
on the Bethany College Campus by Lindsborg photographer B.G. Gröndal
Swedish women and young ladies on the Lindsborg Bethany College Campus of 1905
near today's Presser Hall by Lindsborg photographer B.G. Gröndal
L I N D S B O R G
" If this is New York, what must Lindsborg be like! "
" Where Culture and Agriculture Meet "
" Little Sweden, USA "
" Capital of the Swedish Lands of Kansas "
" The Fine Arts and Crafts Capital of Kansas "
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" If this is New York, what must Lindsborg be like! "
Origin unknown, may be found in the 1909 translated, 1965 Pioneer Swedish-American Culture in Central Kansas
or in the 1919 translated
1969 Smoky Valley in the After Years.
Lindsborg
" Where Culture and Agriculture Meet "
A phrase of the "early years" from The Spur by Howard Lincoln found on page 164 of Ruth Billdt's 1965 Pioneer Swedish-American Culture in Central Kansas, a translation of the 1909 "LINDSBORG, Bidrag Till Svenskarnas och Den Lutherska Kyrkans Historia i Smoky Hill River Dalen" by her father, Dr. Rev. Alfred Bergin of Bethany Lutheran Church.
" Little Sweden, USA "
Origin may be found in the Lindsborg News-Record in the early 1960s.
" Capital of the Swedish Lands of Kansas "
Taken from my "Swedish Art from Lindsborg" address to the Swedish Club of San Francisco, October 14, 2009.
" The Fine Arts and Crafts Capital of Kansas "
Origin unknown, may be found in the Lindsborg News-Record c2000s.
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" If this is New York, what must Lindsborg be like! "
Origin unknown, may be found in the 1909 translated, 1965 Pioneer Swedish-American Culture in Central Kansas
or in the 1919 translated
1969 Smoky Valley in the After Years.
Lindsborg
" Where Culture and Agriculture Meet "
A phrase of the "early years" from The Spur by Howard Lincoln found on page 164 of Ruth Billdt's 1965 Pioneer Swedish-American Culture in Central Kansas, a translation of the 1909 "LINDSBORG, Bidrag Till Svenskarnas och Den Lutherska Kyrkans Historia i Smoky Hill River Dalen" by her father, Dr. Rev. Alfred Bergin of Bethany Lutheran Church.
" Little Sweden, USA "
Origin may be found in the Lindsborg News-Record in the early 1960s.
" Capital of the Swedish Lands of Kansas "
Taken from my "Swedish Art from Lindsborg" address to the Swedish Club of San Francisco, October 14, 2009.
" The Fine Arts and Crafts Capital of Kansas "
Origin unknown, may be found in the Lindsborg News-Record c2000s.
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