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Tales from the Swedish Café
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Tales from the Swedish Café

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Tales from the Swedish Café

Swedes from Chicago and around the world celebrated Sweden Day at the World’s Columbian Exposition on July 20, 1893. Many of the festive events took place at the beautiful Swedish Building. Nearby stood the Swedish Restaurant, which served as another site for Swedes to gather on the fairgrounds and as a concession to showcase Scandinavian fare to visitors from around the world. The Swedish Restaurant (also called the Swedish Café) was run by Robert Lindblom (1844-1907), a prominent Swedish-born trader [...]

By Scott|2023-11-28T09:00:50-06:00July 20th, 2019|Categories: HISTORY, REPRINTS|Tags: Gustaf Wickman, Robert Lindblom, Swedish Building (Sweden), Swedish Restaurant, Teresa Dean|0 Comments

PICTURESQUE WORLD’S FAIR. AN ELABORATE COLLECTION OF COLORED VIEWS (p. 28)
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PICTURESQUE WORLD’S FAIR. AN ELABORATE COLLECTION OF COLORED VIEWS (p. 28)

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PICTURESQUE WORLD’S FAIR. AN ELABORATE COLLECTION OF COLORED VIEWS (p. 28)

PICTURESQUE WORLD’S FAIR. AN ELABORATE COLLECTION OF COLORED VIEWS Page 28 THE SWEDISH BUILDING.—The remarkable style of architecture of the Swedish Building made it conspicuous among the group between the north pond and the lake, and it may be added, that the comment thus attracted was most favorable. The building stood on a triangular piece of ground, and to meet this exigency, in preparing the plans a hexagon was inscribed within the triangle and the shape of the structure [...]

By Randy|2018-03-11T14:37:42-05:00February 1st, 2018|Categories: REPRINTS|Tags: chicago 1893, columbian exposition, Gustaf Wickman, PICTURESQUE WORLD’S FAIR, Sweden, Swedish Building (Sweden)|0 Comments