UNDER CONSTRUCTION
album of sloop* images
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| Black & white photograph which appears in the front of J.H. Rosdail's book, The Sloopers: The Story of the People on the Norwegian Mayflower. | The photo at left in the Slooper book & above is of an old model of the sloop Restoration on display at the Vesterheim Museum, Decorah, Iowa. | Another photo of the Restoration model, displayed at the Vesterheim along with artifacts from the very early emigrants. Photo by Keith | The large model of the sloop Restoration in an attractive display at the Norwegian American Emigration Center, Stavanger, Norway. Photo by Keith |
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| Image found on p. 9 of The Promise of America: A History of the Norwegian-American People by Odd Lovoll, 1984. | Painting hanging in the entrance to the Stavanger Friends (Quaker) meeting room. Photo by Keith | Original painting once displayed by the Versterheim Museum. Painted by Sigmund Aarseth depicting the Restoration leaving Stavanger | Detail of Restoration from painting at left from the Vesterheim in Decorah, Iowa. Photo by Keith |
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| Photos taken by Keith Wheeler of the Anna of Sand as it was used to depict the Restoration at the Emigration Festival in Stavanger, Norway, on July 4, 2000. | A sloop model & builder. This model was used in the 2000 Stavanger Emigration Festival. | ||
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| Models on display at the Fiskerimuseum (Fisheries Museum), Bergen, Norway. (Photos taken with permission by Keith Wheeler on June 30, 2000.) | |||
| A Restoration picture brought back from a trip to Norway many years ago by the parents of Celia Freese. This picture taken with permission from Celia's Mysen Family Genealogy web page. Anyone with more information on this picture, please contact Keith. |
2 views of a mounted 8 inch wooden half
model of the Restauration hull purchased from the Norwegian
Emigration Center in Stavanger, Norway - this reportedly constructed
"in accordance with old line drawings and based on ancient
handcraft traditions."
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"Norse-American Centennial" U.S. 2 cent postage stamp issued May 1925, this being 1 of 2 commemoratives (2nd being a Viking ship). Image is "an artist's rendition of what the ship Restaurationen probably looked like based on a drawing of its sister ship." [Scanned stamp courtesy of Patti Goke] | |
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| A 2' x 3' original oil painting of a Norwegian sailing vessel painted by Conrad Sel???? hanging in Eureka, CA, Sons of Norway Fram Lodge #13 building. |
Another, closer view of painting hanging
in the hall of the Eureka Sons of Norway building.
Photo by Keith
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Older model in "stabbur museum"
on Skiftun farm,
Ryfylke region of Rogaland, Norway.
Photo by Keith
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NAHA (Norwegian-American Historical Association) Logo. |
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| Restaurationen on a Norwegian Christmas card circa 1910. Image furnished by Tom Thomas; card sent to his Uncle Carl by Tom's grandmother Kristina Tobiason who emigrated in 1908 from Logevik, Sogndal i Dalene. TRANSLATION: (on left: Merry Christmas!; on right: The Restauration with the first Norwegian immigrants to leave Stavanger in the year 1825. |
Embossed Sloop image on the cover of the original edition of J. H. Rosdail's The Sloopers; Their Ancestry and Posterity |
Sloop image on the stationery of The Norwegian Slooper Society of America. |
Pen & ink sketch by Peg Wheeler based on other sloop images on this page. |
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"Brødrene" af Sand A jekta built in Ryfylke region of Rogaland around the middle of 1800th century. |
Slupp Restauration from the cover of a 1998 Rogaland, Norway, Telenor telephone book. [Picture furnished by Gunleif Seldal of Klepp, Norway.] |
Our Slooper Monument Project logo in one stage of development. |
Illustration by Karl E. Harr, p. 48, in book Blow, Silver Wind by Erik Bye, 1978 |
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| Pewter Restauration Christmas ornament (both sides) made in Norway for the Vesterheim Museum of Decorah, Iowa - image based on a model in the museum's collection (1st row center above). Ornament still available through the Museum's Gift Shop. |
Small (1/2"x3/8") Sterling silver pin of the Slooper Society. Close inspection reveals an inaccurate 3-masted ship. |
Norwegian 5 Kroner commemorative coin issued in 1975 to honor the 150 years of emigration. See opposite side & coin in case with details. Images & coin furnished by Gunleif Seldal of Klepp, Norway! | |
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"Norwegian Immigration Sesquicentennial" Silver medal issued in 1975 probably in USA commemorating 150 years since the departure of the Restauration. "They came from Norway and helped build America" |
Silver medal issued in Norway recently and is part of a number of medals highlighting memorable events in Norway over the years. The backside shows the three Norwegian kings in modern time (since 1905). [Images of both coins in this row furnished by Gunleif Seldal of Klepp, Norway.] |
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commemorative plate is one of a series of famous Norwegian |
Plate's backside. CLICK HERE for rough translation of inscription. |
12" commemorative plate "Utvandererjubileet" (The Emigrant Jubilee) by StavangerFlint of Norway. [Gift from Gunleif Seldal] |
Backside of "Utvandererjubileet" plate with information in both Norwegian & English. |
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7" Porsgrund commemorative plate (1825-1975) with Sloop image. Click here to see back of plate. Photo by Lisa Mansfield, Brookfield, WI. |
7" pewter plaque/plate from Tysvær kommune. [Gift from Sjur Slogvik in 2004.] | Porsgrund Commemorative plate "Norske Klassiske Skip - Restauration - Nr. 4" (Norwegian Classic Ship Nr. 4) by Firkløveren A/S. [photos from the Gunleif Seldal collection.] | Backside of "Norske Klassiske Skip - Restauration - Nr. 4" |
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"Norse American Centennial 1825-1925 St.Paul - Minneapolis -- Restaurationen" medallion. [Gunleif Seldal collection) |
Medallion shown at left used as Osterdalslaget commemorative badge. [photo courtesy of ??] |
Relief carving of Restauration on monument stone (bautastein) sent from Norway to Napa, California, cemetery (see Slooper Monument Project) |
California stone carving artist Ira Kessey with glass casting made from bautastein on display at San Francisco's Norway Day Festival 2005. |
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Frame-able detail image of Restauration's sloop (or "slupp") rigging with wooden half-model hull. [Donated by Eivind Helle of Scandinavian Heritage, Long Beach, CA.] |
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For a classic image of the Sloop Restoration from "The Promise of America" web site, click here (notice their logo). Images of the Sloop appear in the Norwegian-American Historical Association (NAHA)'s logo and one web site background. Their logo can be viewed here; their background image here. |
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