"The Other Swedes"
​~ Honoring Them and Remembering Them ~ The Smoky Valley Writers ~ 
​​​​​Mrs. Margaret Dahlquist Eddy

"Through the Lens of B.G. Gröndal: Keeper of His Time"
​~ Selections from Swede Bror Gustaf Gröndal's Photography from 1887 to 1945​

It is with deep appreciation to The Family of Mrs. Margaret Dahlquist Eddy to be given the opportunity to share some photograph images of their great-grandfather Swede Bror Gustaf Gröndal's work, in SWEDES, that are found in Mrs. Margaret Dahlquist Eddy's book, the 2013, "Through the Lens of B.G. Gröndal: Keeper of His Time." 

​This will enable the descendants of those pioneer Swedes who Mr. Gröndal photographed, to continue to enjoy his work online as well as for the rest of the Smoky Valley community of today, to learn more about this fine Lindsborg photographer and the subjects he photographed, reflecting "the way they were," during his 58 year career from 1887 to 1945.

Mrs. Eddy dedicated this book to "Bethany College," the "Smoky Valley Community," and to the "Gröndal Descendants." Furthermore, she wrote it "in memory" of her dear grandparents "Bror Gustaf Gröndal" and "Sarah Margaret Noyd Gröndal."   

​Now, in memory and honoring Mrs. Margaret Dahlquist Eddy, author of Through the Lens of B.G. Gröndal: Keeper of His Time," here are images of some of these wonderful photographs, found within her book.

Lindsborg, Bethany College and Smoky Valley:  Venues, Events, and People
​[These images are protected under "Copyright" and "All Rights Reserved" laws.]

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Headings only, STILL means to stand alone;
otherwise,
the rest are "moving" images, grouped together, of individual slideshows.
[there may be a needed short comment which will be within brackets]
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Lindsborg

1. ​One Horse Open Sleigh on Main Street  STILL

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1. ​Bethany Lutheran Church, 1874
2. Dome Church, Evangelical Covenant Church, 1878
3. Messiah Lutheran Church, 1910​

 

1. Bethany Church Confirmation, 1904   STILL

 

1. First McPherson County Courthouse, 1870
2. Train Bros. and Co. Store
3. ​King Oscar Coffee
4. Eagle Barber Shop

 

1. Swensson Park Pond   STILL

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1. Dam on the Smoky, 1872
2. Flood on the Smoky, 1903

Bethany College

1. Dr. Carl Swensson Statue, c1905   STILL 

1. ​Presidents, pastors, professors' Edward Nelander and Carl A. Swensson, 1887​
2. Professor Birger Sandzén, c1910
3. Professor Emil O. Deere, 1916
4. Professors Oscar Lofgren and Thure Jaderborg, Sr.​

1. Old Main Oasis of Learning
2. Old Main Dining Hall 
3. Old Main at Night, January 5, 1904
   

1. ​​Bethany Male Chorus Room​
2. ​Bethany College Fraternity
3. ​​1901 Bethany Football Pictorial

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1. ​Early Art Class at Bethany Academy with Professor Olaf Grafstrom, c1893    STILL​

​Cultural, Political, Community, Swedish and Sports Events
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1. Messiah Chorus in Ling Gym, 1898 
2. Political Convention in Ling Gym, c1889

1. Dr. Carl Swensson’s Cortege, 1904   STILL​

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1. First Swedish Festival, 1908
2.  Swedish Folk Dancers
3. Swedish Pavilion 

1. Bethany State Basket Ball Champions, 1915-1916
2. Lindsborg High School Women’s Basketball Team, 1915​
3. Football Scrimmage at L.H.S.​
4. ​​The Old Swimming Hole

Around the Smoky Valley

1. ​​Harvesting Wheat   STILL
2. Coronado Heights Building Road   STILL​

Smoky Valley Families

1. ​The Francis Johnson Family
2. The Otto & Emma Esping Family​
3. ​The Andrew and Matilda Lungstrom Family

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Smoky Valley Special Occasions

1. Rosine-Lundquist Wedding Party   STILL​
2. A Bengtson Bride
3. Mr. and Mrs. Thure Olaf Jaderborg
4. Alba Malm
5. Adoring Bride, unknown couple​​

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​Highlighting the B. G. Gröndal Family & Earlier Years
All of these will have Headings and Full Captions

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<  ​In Lindsborg  >

1. The B.G. Gröndal Family:  The children of B.G. and Sarah were, left to right, Bror Leonard, Ruth, Edith, Margaret, Lillian and Rose. Elsie, not in the photograph was born in 1900.  Later she joined her siblings to make “Now we are seven" in the Bethany Schools.  The Bethany Schools were private, charging tuition.   STILL

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1. ​​Gröndal Cottage, 1895
2. ​Gröndal Home, 1900, 411 N. Main St.

 

1. ​​Tea for Two:  Ruth Gröndal and brother Leonard enjoy a snack in Dad’s studio.  STILL

 

1. Four young maidens posing for papa; Eunice, Rose, Lillian & Ruth
2. Charming Rose:  Listen to my bell.  

 

1. ​Father and Son:  B.G, shares tales of his early sailing days with his son, Leonard   STILL   

    

1. First Gröndal Studio
2. Artist at Studio
3. New Gröndal Studio with Skylight​  

 

1. Kansas Photographers' Club: ​ The Kansas Photographers' Club was organized in 1905 by George Halloway.  Membership was limited to 12 professional photographers in the State.  Only one photographer in a city was offered membership, with the exception of Wichita which supplied 2 men in different fields.  Gröndal is second from the left.  STILL 

<  In Minnesota and Texas  >

1. ​​Bride Sarah Margaret Noyd   STILL

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1.   ​Young B.G. in Saint Paul
2.   Sarah and Bellah​​

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​​​Bror Gustaf Gröndal
(1855-1948) 
Lindsborg's Photographer
​1887 - 1945
​​​​“Dean of Kansas Photographers”

B.G. Gröndal, of "Through the Lens of B.G. Gröndal: Keeper of His Time," page 106
This is found on the last page for the photographs.  It is also on back of the book cover.

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​​Mrs. Margaret Dahlquist Eddy
​(1927-2017)
Granddaughter of B.G. Gröndal
Author
​"Through the Lens of B.G. Gröndal: Keeper of His Time" ​

​The Family of Mrs. Margaret Dahlquist Eddy has kindly extended permission to share selections from her ​2013
​ Through the Lens of Bror Gustaf Gröndal: Keeper of His Time in SWEDES.  -- pending
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