Olive Fremstad (LOC)

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    Olive Fremstad

    [between ca. 1910 and ca. 1915]

    1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller.

    Notes:
     Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards.
    Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress).

    Format: Glass negatives.

    Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication.

    Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print

    General information about the Bain Collection is available at hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.ggbain

    Higher resolution image is available (Persistent URL): hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ggbain.19561

    Call Number: LC-B2- 3549-3

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      Merfuckr, mockingbird hill chicken ranch, brungrrl, and Jon Matthies added this photo to their favorites.

    2. Richard Arthur Norton (1958- ) (3 weeks ago | reply)

      Olive Fremstad (14 March 1871 - 21 April 1951) was the stage name of Anna Olivia Rundquist, a celebrated Swedish-American opera diva who sang in both the mezzo-soprano and soprano ranges.
      en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olive_Fremstad

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      Bugmasterdesigns, thbonamici, Archival Clothing, AMTER, and 2 other people added this photo to their favorites.

    4. ozw (3 weeks ago | reply)

      Wonderful capture..

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    6. rjones0856 (3 weeks ago | reply)

      She appears to know her way around a bucksaw, too. :)

    7. swanq (3 weeks ago | reply)

      Perrysburg journal., July 22, 1915, Image 7
      chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn87076843/19 15-07-22/ed-...
      has another picture that is likely of the same event. She was "building a summer home for herself at Bridgton, in the Heart of the Maine woods."

      Better copy of same picture, from NYT, Sunday July 11, 1915
      memory.loc.gov/service/sgp/sgpnyt/1915/191507 /19150711/00...

    8. swanq (3 weeks ago | reply)

      fultonhistory.com/newspaper%202/Auburn%20NY%2 0Citizen/Aub...
      suggests that she had owned the property for a few years and found chopping wood pleasant relaxation from her operatic career.

      Aside: I know from experience that firewood is necessary even in summer in a Maine camp.

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    10. artolog (2 weeks ago | reply)

      A 1920 account of Fremstad and her Maine property, which she called Nawandyn, includes this photo, inscribed and autographed.
      books.google.com/books?id=rhtHAQAAIAAJ&pg =PA339&l...
      There is a heartfelt memoir, in the form of a book review of a biography of Fremstsad, by Carl van Vechten at
      docs.google.com/viewer?url=http://64.62.200.7 0/PERIODICAL...
      The property at Bridgton, Maine is mentioned.
      Another photo, apparently from the same session:
      www.keepmecurrent.com/lakes_region_weekly/new s/q-a---ned-...

      Her compound near Bridgton is still around, and it looks like you can rent it:
      www.mainelakeestate.com/Nawandyn/History.html

    11. Barbara (LOC P&P) (2 weeks ago | reply)

      Thanks for all of the background information about Olive Fremstad and her woodcutting activities. We'll add information when we next update the description. (There are some additional photos of Olive Fremstad -- some in more operatic attire -- in the Prints & Photographs Online Catalog: www.loc.gov/pictures/search/?q=fremstad&s t=gallery )

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