The Kensington runestone – Vintage Wall Art
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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A window into the past: The Kensington runestone, preserved in this historic photograph. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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The Kensington runestone
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The stone in this c1938 print is the Kensington Runestone, a slab of greywacke with carved runic script that Swedish-American farmer Olof Ohman reportedly turned up in 1898 while clearing land near Kensington, Minnesota. The inscription claims to record a party of Norse travelers in the region in 1362. Most runologists and historians have judged it a 19th-century carving, but the stone became a local celebrity and a source of civic pride. The Alexandria Chamber of Commerce credit on the print suggests it was made to promote the town and the stone's visitor appeal during the Depression era.
| Created / published | c1938. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Genre | Photographic prints 1930-1940. |
| Notes | J24402 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by the Alexandria, Minnesota Chamber of Commerce. |
| Subjects | Runes--1930-1940. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,147 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-165497 |
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