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Houston Area Museum presents: Guest Speaker Bill Fried, Executive Director of Giants of the Earth Heritage Center in Spring Grove, MN will present a program at the Houston Area Museum on Sunday October 13th, 2024 at 2 p.m. Bill is married to the granddaughter of the artist, Peter Rosendahl, who created Ola and Per. This will be a fun filled afternoon of learning about these cartoon characters and their creator.
“Han Ola og han Per” illustrates the Upper Midwest humor of Norwegian immigrant life in America. From 1918 to 1935, farmer-artist-turned-cartoonist Peter Julius Rosendahl created more than 700 comic strips for Decorah-Posten in Iowa, one of the largest Norwegian-American newspapers in the early 20th century.
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109 West Maple Street, Houston, MN, United States, Minnesota 55943