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| Title | Dr. Anne Carlsen with young men, US Air Force Thunderbird Tom Swalm, and Herman Weiss |
| Date of Original | 197-? |
| Description | Dr. Anne Carlsen and two students pose for a portrait with Thunderbirds Leader Tom Swalm, and a man identified by name tag as Herman Weiss. |
| Ordering Information | http://history.nd.gov/archives/whatphotos.html |
| General Subject | Education
Military
People
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| Subject (LCTGM) | Teachers
People with disabilities
Students
Air pilots
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| Personal Name | Carlsen, Anne, 1915-
Swalm, Thomas S.
Weiss, Herman
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| Organization Name | United States. Air Force. Thunderbirds
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| Location | North Dakota
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| Decade | 1970-1979
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| Item Number | 11078-3927 |
| Format of Original | Photographic prints
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| Notes | Photographer unknown.
Title created by staff. |
| Biography/History | Anne Carlsen was born in Grantsburg, Wisconsin without forearms or lower legs. Nevertheless, she had an active childhood, and went to college at the University of Minnesota, intending to become a teacher. In 1938, she moved to Fargo for a job at the Good Samaritan School for Crippled Children. Carlsen moved with the school when it relocated to Jamestown. She was named the school's administrator in 1950, and the school was renamed the Anne Carlsen Center in her honor in 1980. She received the Theodore Roosevelt Roughrider Award in 1966. |
| Repository Institution | State Historical Society of North Dakota
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| Repository Collection | Democratic NPL Party Records Mss 11078
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| Credit Line | State Historical Society of North Dakota (11078-3927) |
| Rights Management | Copyright transferred to the State Historical Society of North Dakota. |
| Digital ID | sh110783927 |
