Photograph

2016.21.2A_Front

2016.21.2A_Front

Name/Title

Photograph

Entry/Object ID

2016.21.2

Scope and Content

Five black-and-white photographs featuring Renee Anderson Olson in her Swedish folk costume during the 1940s.

Context

Renee Anderson Olson was born in 1926. She lived in Sunset Park in Brooklyn, New York. During the 1940s, she was a member of the Swedish Folk Dance Group, "Barnklubben."

Acquisition

Accession

2016.21

Source or Donor

Anderson, Mary

Acquisition Method

Gift

Credit Line

Gift of Mary Anderson

Lexicon

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

National costumes, Photographs

Search Terms

Folk dress, Folk costume, Ethnic costume, Traditional dress

Archive Details

Date(s) of Creation

1940 - 1949

Restrictions

This collection is open to research and does not contain sensitive information.

Archive Items Details

Title

2016.21.2A

Description

Black-and-white photograph of Renee in a light-colored blouse and a dark-colored folk dress with a light-colored upper section and a dark-colored apron-like attachment and a young woman in a light-colored blouse and a dark-colored folk dress with a light-colored apron-like attachment. The measurements are 3.5 x 2.5 in.

Title

2016.21.2B

Description

Identical to 2016.21.2A. Black-and-white photograph of Renee in a light-colored blouse and a dark-colored folk dress with a light-colored upper section and a dark-colored apron-like attachment and a young woman in a light-colored blouse and a dark-colored folk dress with a light-colored apron-like attachment. The measurements are 3.5 x 2.5 in.

Title

2016.21.2C

Description

Black-and-white photograph of Renee in the same outfit that she is wearing in the previous photographs, as well as and three young women in light-colored blouses and dark-colored folk dresses with light-colored apron-like attachments. The measurements are 3.5 x 2.5 in.

Title

2016.21.2D

Description

Black-and-white photograph of Renee in the same outfit that she is wearing in the previous photographs, as well as two young women in light-colored blouses and dark-colored folk dresses with light-colored apron-like attachments and two young women in light-colored blouses and dark-colored folk dresses with dark-colored folk dresses with dark-colored apron-like attachments. The measurements are 2.75 x 4.5 in.

Title

2016.21.2E

Description

Black-and-white photograph of Renee in the same outfit that she is wearing in the previous photographs, as well as 20 other women, four men, 25 girls, and 21 boys wearing outfits that are either light-colored and dark-colored or light-colored, medium-colored, and dark-colored. In addition, the photograph has the inscription, "Photo: Vang Studio" written on a dark-colored background in light-colored letters. The measurements are 7.75 x 9.875 in.

Copyright

Copyright Details

Ownership was legally transferred to the Swedish American Museum per the gift agreement. Certain works may be protected by copyright not governed by the Swedish American Museum.

Reproductions

Notes

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