Photo Record
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Metadata
Object Identification Number |
1994.159.020 |
Object Name |
Print, Photographic |
Donor |
Sundberg, Gerda |
Description |
Black and white photograph of a group of people dancing in Danish folk costumes. They are in the grass of a hillside which rises behind them. There is a tall wood and metal structure near the top of the hill to the viewer left among the trees. Spelled out in light-colored stones lower on the hill is "N / [two unknown symbols] / ATTERD/". Based upon other photographs, the last word is "ATTERDAG". The shadows of two people are visible at the bottom of the photograph. It has a white border and the upper right corner is partially torn away. There are black paper remnants and residue on the back as well as a pencil scribble. |
Print Size |
3.375 x 5.75 |
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 |
Danish clothing Danish folk costume folk costume folk dance folk school højskole Atterdag Tarnow, Viggo dancing United States California Santa Barbara County Solvang Atterdag College |
Date Received by Museum |
06/15/1994 |
Provenance |
Based upon photo 1994.159.005, this was taken at Atterdag College in Solvang, California during the time that Viggo Tarnow was there. ----- 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\1994159020.JPG |
Accession number |
1994.159 |