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A 1942 photo of a
tour guide
at
Little Norway
, a
tourist attraction
and
living museum
of a
Norwegian
village located in
Blue Mounds
,
Wisconsin
,
US
. Little Norway consists of a fully restored
farm
dating to the mid-19th century. It was originally built by
Norwegian immigrant
Osten Olson Haugen. In the 1930s, Isak Dahle purchased the farm as a gift to his family. Little Norway is home to one of the few examples of original
Norse
stave church
architecture outside of Norway.
Photo:
Arthur Rothstein
; Restoration:
Lise Broer
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