Photo Record
Images
Metadata
Object Identification Number |
1994.159.013 |
Object Name |
Print, Photographic |
Donor |
Sundberg, Gerda |
Description |
Black and white photograph of thirteen young men dressed in Danish folk costumes. They are standing on a hillside in long grass with trees behind them and an "A" made of light stones in the upper right corner. The photograph has a white border. Written on the back, it reads: "Niels Kusk Nielsen second from left / Tarnow in center. / Could these be the "twelve" Tarnow / talked of?" The photo is printed on "VELOX" paper and there is an indistinguishable green word on the back as well as a pencil scribble. |
Print Size |
5.75 x 3.5 |
Year Range from |
1914 |
Year Range to |
1952 |
Place of Creation |
United States/California/Santa Barbara County/Atterdag College |
Associated People |
Tarnow, Viggo Nielsen, Niels Kusk |
Search Terms |
United States California Santa Barbara County Atterdag College Danish clothing folk costume Danish folk costume Atterdag folk school højskole gymnastics Tarnow, Viggo Nielsen, Niels Kusk |
Date Received by Museum |
06/15/1994 |
Provenance |
Based upon photo 1994.159.005, this was taken at Atterdag College in Solvang, California. Viggo Tarnow is in the center and Niels Kusk Nielsen is second from the viewer left. ----- Nielsen's daughter Else Nielsen Anderson remembered that when Tarnow left California for Hutchinson, Minnesota in 1927, her father left with him. After stopping in Nebraska to investigate the possibility of buying a farm, Nielsen decided that Nebraska was all sand and no good for farming so continued to Hutchinson as well. All new Danes in the town were sent to Alf Sorensen's hardware store; it was there that he met his wife Helga (Sorensen) Nielsen. ----- Tarnow was a Danish immigrant and a talented gymnast. He taught physical education at Grand View College in 1921 before becoming the gym teacher at the high school in Hutchinson, Minnesota. He instituted a physical education program similar to the one in Denmark, and all students from first grade up were enrolled in gymnastics. Tarnow also had a special troupe of students that travelled and performed for other areas. He later moved to Solvang, California, where he taught summer classes and conducted a fitness program for businessmen. There are numerous articles about Tarnow and his special troupe in the accession file, as well as personal remembrances from Else Nielsen Anderson. ----- Solvang was founded in 1911 by Danish immigrants Reverend Benedict Nordentoft (who had taught at Grand View College in Des Moines, Iowa), Reverend J.M. Gregersen, and Professor P.P. Hornsyld. They purchased 9,000 acres of land in the Santa Ynez Valley in California and named the community they established "Solvang" (sunny field). A Danish folk school opened in 1911. In 1914 it moved to a new location overlooking the settlement and was renamed Atterdag College, operating until about 1952. |
Images |
170\1994159013.JPG |
Accession number |
1994.159 |