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, Anders 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.
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- At McPherson home, just before Lydia's parents move to Lindsborg in 1904
That date also marked their 50th wedding anniversary of 1854 in Sweden.
Anders Gustaf and Ingrid Elis Sohlberg
with children
George, Twin Ida, Robert, Jennie, Lydia, Selma, Twin Anna, Theodore
Anders Gustaf and Ingrid Elis Sohlberg
with children and grandchildren
Nina Sohlberg Fry
my grandmother
is behind and between them
with children and grandchildren
Nina Sohlberg Fry
my grandmother
is behind and between them
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LINDSBORG
Sohlberg House with Parents
Photographs
by
Lydia
- A Sohlberg House Family Gathering -
after settling into their Lindsborg retirement home in 1904
322 North First Street
Sohlberg House with Parents
Photographs
by
Lydia
- A Sohlberg House Family Gathering -
after settling into their Lindsborg retirement home in 1904
322 North First Street
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.
To vary the viewing experience, sometimes these photographs are displayed individually and then in groupings, or vice versa.
To vary the viewing experience, sometimes these photographs are displayed individually and then in groupings, or vice versa.
- C o n f i r m a t I o n D a y s -
1912
The church was central to the lives of Smoky Valley Lutheran Evangelical Swedes belonging to the Augustana Synod
1912
The church was central to the lives of Smoky Valley Lutheran Evangelical Swedes belonging to the Augustana Synod
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 in this photograph.
Nina wearing big bow is second right from the Lutheran minister of Salina Immanuel Evangelical Lutheran Church.
as was the case for the confirmation of Nina and her friends in this photograph.
Nina wearing big bow is second right from the Lutheran minister of Salina Immanuel Evangelical Lutheran Church.
- Lindsborg Confirmation Day Celebrations -
On Sohlberg House porch. Nina is 2nd from left.
Nina is 2nd in row
Lydia is on right, back row with a twin sister Anna Sohlberg who is behind Nina.
On Sohlberg House front yard
Nina is third from left
- Ingrid Sohlberg reading Bible in Sohlberg House Front Room -
- After Church One Winter's Day Around Sohlberg House -
- Nina Sohlberg with father Ernest Ossain Sohlberg born in Kosta, Sweden -
- Nina Sohlberg -
- Lydia Sohlberg -
- Selma Sohlberg and the Alma Luise Olson home nextdoor to Sohlberg House -
Selma was Nina's mother, Ernest's wife and Lydia's sister
Miss Olson was "the first American woman" to receive Sweden's highest award for women.
- scroll to end for more information-
- Laundry Day in backyard of Sohlberg House -
One of Lydia's twin sisters: Anna or Ida
One of Lydia's twin sisters: Anna or Ida
- Fun Times Around Sohlberg House -
Lazy Days I
Lazy Days I
Lazy Days II
- Sohlbergs and Friends Celebrating "Bethany College's 30 Years Anniversary" at Sohlberg House -
1911
1911
- Swedish American Presidential Candidate and Supporters at Sohlberg House -
Easter 1908
(Note US Flag has 45 Stars)
Easter 1908
(Note US Flag has 45 Stars)
So far identified is the front and center Swedish American Presidential Candidate Honorable John A. Johnson Governor of Minnesota and equally imposing celebrated Bethany Lutheran Church Dr. Rev. Alfred Bergin on the right. Within the gathering are Bethany College President Dr. Rev, Ernst Pihlblad and his brother Arvin Pihlblad MD, art professor Birger Sandzén and his father-in-law, Eric Leksell, behind the gathering wearing a hat. (A slightly different composition of the photograph appears at the top of page 133 from 1965 Pioneer Swedish-American Culture in Central Kansas by Ruth Billdt, daughter of Dr. Rev. Alfred Bergin.)
For Our Sohlberg Home and Neighbor Alma Luise Olson, "the first American woman" to receive Sweden's highest award for women, go HERE.
For Sohlberg House with Emil 1916 - 1920, go HERE.
For Sohlberg House with Emil 1916 - 1920, go HERE.
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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.
