Artist Lydia Sohlberg Deere
(Lydia's Lindsborg Photography, 1900-1925)
(Lydia's Lindsborg Photography, 1900-1925)
Sohlberg House with Parents
In 1904 Lydia’s parents, Andews Gustaf (A.G.) and Ingrid Sohlberg, moved from McPherson, Kansas, fourteen miles due north to Lindsborg to their new retirement home on North College Street (North First Street) near Bethany College. Thus, this home, later referred to as Sohlberg House, became the gathering place for their eight (8) children, the spouses and their grandchildren, and others, providing many artistic and creative photographic moments for Lydia and her camera.
(Also, discussed and shown earlier in the HOME page section are the photographs of Sohlberg House after the marriage of Emil and Lydia in 1916 which can be found HERE.)
To view these photographs, sometimes I have displayed them individually and then in groupings to vary the viewing experience.
(Also, discussed and shown earlier in the HOME page section are the photographs of Sohlberg House after the marriage of Emil and Lydia in 1916 which can be found HERE.)
To view these photographs, sometimes I have displayed them individually and then in groupings to vary the viewing experience.
- A Sohlberg House Family Gathering -
- The church was central to the lives of Smoky Valley Lutheran Evangelical Swedes -
- C o n f i r m a t I o n D a y s -
1912
Salina Immanuel Evangelical Lutheran Church.
Confirmation days were such important days that professional photographers were hired for the occasion as was the case for the confirmation of Nina and her friends. Nina is to our right, second from the Lutheran minister.
- Lindsborg Confirmation Day Celebrations -
Nina is 2nd in row
Nina is third in row
Lydia is on right, back row with a twin sister Anna Sohlberg who is behind Nina
Ingrid Sohlberg reading Bible in Sohlberg House Front Room -
- After Church One Winter's Day Around Sohlberg House -
Selma Sohlberg, Nina's mother, Lydia's sister
Nina and father, Ernest Ossain Sohlberg from Kosta Sweden.
Nina Sohlberg
Lydia Sohlberg
- Laundry Day at Sohlberg House -
Monday, laundry day at Sohlberg House.
One of the twins: Ida or Anna?
- Fun Times Around Sohlberg House -
Lazy Days I
Lazy Days II
- Sohlbergs and Friends Celebrating Bethany College at Sohlberg House -
- Swedish American Presidential Candidate and Supporters at Sohlberg House -
Easter 1908
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Swedes: TheWayTheyWere
~ restoring lost local histories ~
reconnecting past to present
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All color photography throughout Swedes: The Way They Were is by Fran Cochran unless otherwise indicated, or obviously concluded it is not.
Copyright © 2018 www.swedesthewaytheywere.org. All rights reserved.
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, or obviously concluded it is not.
Copyright © 2018 www.swedesthewaytheywere.org. All rights reserved.
