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Metadata
Object Identification Number |
2000.271.006 |
Object Name |
Print, Photographic |
Donor |
Andersen, Mildred |
Description |
Black and white photograph of people folk dancing in Danish folk costumes. There are several couples dancing on the grass with a ring of people around them, watching the performance. A building stands in the back viewer left and there are trees across the rest of the background. The photo has a white border. Handwriting on the back reads, "Anker Jensen in foreground" and "year?". They are likely part of the Danish American Athletic Club's group of folk dancers. |
Print Size |
3 1/2 x 2 1/2 |
Creation Date |
ca. 1950 |
Place of Creation |
United States |
Associated People |
Jensen, Anker |
Search Terms |
Danish American Athletic Club Chicago, Illinois folk dancing Danish folk costumes Jensen, Anker |
Given In Memory Of |
In Memory of Alexander Andersen |
Date Received by Museum |
11/06/2000 |
Provenance |
This photo shows a group of Danish folk dancers - likely part of the Danish American Athletic Club's group. Anker Jensen is in the foreground. -------------- The Danish American Athletic Club, or DAAC, was formed in 1922 in Chicago, Illinois. DAAC met at various locations for its first six years before buying St. Angar’s Church at 1639 North Washtenaw Avenue. They used the space for practices, exhibitions and social gatherings until 1958. DAAC used other sites until 1963, when they purchased a building at 4624 North Pulaski Road. Later, they moved to a location in Arlington Heights, Illinois. At its founding, DAAC sponsored wresting, soccer, and a senior boys gymnastics team. Between 1924 and 1939 they added gymnastics for ladies, senior girls, junior boys and girls, and small boys and girls. Folk dancing teams were added for seniors, junior boys and girls and small boys and girls. Basketball, baseball, table tennis and bowling were also introduced. Those who participated in Danish folk dancing wore national Danish costumes, and the gymnasts wore white and red gym suits with the DAAC emblem on the shirt. |
Images |
309\2000271006-5.JPG |
Accession number |
2000.271 |