Topic: Business and Industry / Contributor: American Swedish Institute

Date Created:: 1915?
Description:: Two men and a young girl stand in the doorway of a grocery store at 422 Cedar, corner of Fifth Street.
Contributing Institution:: American Swedish Institute
Type:: Still Image
Format:: Postcards

Date Created:: 1915?
Description:: Interior of a grocery store with several people posed among the groceries. Owner Olof Lenander is most likely the man standing second from left.
Contributing Institution:: American Swedish Institute
Type:: Still Image
Format:: Postcards

Date Created:: 1883
Description:: Group of men standing in front of a brick storefront in St. Paul. The sign in front of the building reads, "317 Nilsson Brothers Cigars."
Contributing Institution:: American Swedish Institute
Type:: Still Image
Format:: Cabinet photographs

Date Created:: 1890?
Description:: Two story wooden building next to a post office and general store in an unnamed town. A small crowd of people stands on the porch of the building. According to the 1907 "The Book of Minnesotans: A Biographical Dictionary of Leading Living Men of the State of Minnesota," John P. Hedberg was born in Sweden on May 3, 1853 and came to America in 1869. He opened a lumber business in 1882 in Brandon, Minnesota under the title of of "J. P. Hedberg & Co." and in 1887 moved to Kensington where he engaged in "lumber, hardware and furniture business."
Contributing Institution:: American Swedish Institute
Type:: Still Image
Format:: Black-and-white photographs

Date Created:: 1910?
Description:: Interior view of Olaf Lenander's Store at 422 Cedar Avenue in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Contributing Institution:: American Swedish Institute
Type:: Still Image
Format:: Black-and-white photographs

Date Created:: 1880?
Description:: View of a group of men and women posed in front of a store featuring a sign for Star Cigars. Note on back says "7th St. near Sibley."
Contributing Institution:: American Swedish Institute
Type:: Still Image
Format:: Cabinet photographs

Date Created:: 1910?
Description:: Interior view of a bakery in Minneapolis. The glass cases are full of bakery goods, and store employees stand behind a wooden counter.
Contributing Institution:: American Swedish Institute
Type:: Still Image
Format:: Black-and-white photographs

Date Created:: 1960?
Description:: Three successful men of Swedish ancestry pose by the fireplace at the American Swedish Institute.
Contributing Institution:: American Swedish Institute
Type:: Still Image
Format:: Black-and-white photographs

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