Anna, Lydia and Evelyn with the happy flowery ladies

There must have been a special on flowery dresses the year this photo was taken! 

I am guessing the date to be around 1950 and in Chicago judging by the home these gals posed in front of. To the far right, I see Aunt Anna Jacobson with my grandmother Lydia Kallman just behind her shoulder. Smack dab in the middle front it sure looks like Evelyn Jacobson. I cannot identify the rest of the happy flower gals though. Can any of you?

Neighborhood group? Church group? If you can identify any other of these happy ladies, drop me a line?


Thanks!

Happy Birthday Tante Anna!

127 years ago today Anna Abrahamson Jacobson was born.

The second child of nine born to Robert Albin Abrahamson and Anna Karolina Karlsdotter.

my great Aunt

Anna Abrahamson Jacobson

b. 31 Jul 1885 Östra Frölunda, Ålvsborg, Sweden

d. 2 Mar 1965 Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA

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America's forgotten Swedish colony

“New Sweden was the last of the European 

colonial empires to be founded in North America”

from History.com click and read about ↓

AMERICA'S FORGOTTEN SWEDISH COLONY

Midwest - Nordstjernan - A Chicago, Andersonville landmark returns

Chicago, Illinois:

After three years of missing the historic blue and yellow Andersonville water tower that had to be removed from the roof of the Swedish American Museum, a replica is being assembled in the museum’s nearby parking lot, getting ready for installation. 

Read all about the progress in the lastest edition of...

Midwest - Nordstjernan