Photo Record
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Metadata
Object Identification Number |
1994.159.009 |
Object Name |
Print, Photographic |
Donor |
Sundberg, Gerda |
Description |
Black and white building of approximately eighteen men and women in Danish folk costumes dancing outdoors. Most are smiling. The men are down on one knee, one arm propped up and the other holding the hand of their female partner who is standing. There are trees to the back viewer left and a light-colored clapboard building to the right. The photograph has a white border. There are black paper remnants and a pencil scribble on the back. |
Print Size |
5.75 x 3.5 |
Year Range from |
1914 |
Year Range to |
1952 |
Place of Creation |
United States/California/Santa Barbara County/Solvang/Atterdag College |
Associated People |
Tarnow, Viggo |
Search Terms |
United States California Santa Barbara County Solvang Atterdag folk school højskole Danish clothing folk costume Tarnow, Viggo dance dancing folk dance |
Date Received by Museum |
06/15/1994 |
Provenance |
Based upon photograph 1994.159.005, this group of people in Danish folk costume is likely affiliated with Atterdag College in Solvang, California when Viggo Tarnow was the gymnastics instructor. ----- 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 |
188\1994159009.JPG |
Accession number |
1994.159 |