Across Oceans, Across Time ® … New photographic exhibit ‘Danish Children Growing Up American’ at Museum of Danish America in Elk Horn, Iowa

“Danish Children Growing Up American” on view at Museum of Danish America through April 4, 2015 –

By Tova Brandt, M.A., Albert Ravenholt Curator of Danish-American Culture, Museum of Danish America, Elk Horn, Iowa

Impish grins from the back of a tricycle, studio portraits of well-dressed siblings, snapshots of daily chores from the back of a tractor – these are some of the photographs featured in “Danish Children Growing Up American.”

The photographic exhibition was organized by the Danish American Archive and Library in Blair, Nebraska.

For this installation, clothing and toys from the museum’s own collection complement the black and white photos.

This exhibit is on view now at the Museum of Danish America in Elk Horn, Iowa through April 4, 2015.

Dorthea Marie Sorensen, born September 3, 1915 in Kansas City, Missouri, the daughter of Danish immigrant parents from Jutland. From the collection of the Danish American Archive and Library. (Photo courtesy of the Museum of Danish America)

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