Title in Caroline Armington’s etching record book: Wood Boats at Stockholm

Year: 1928

Number: 449

Size:

States: 3

Title on Print: Wood Boats at Stockholm

Initials or Signature and Date in Plate: C. Armington 1928 l.l.

Planned Edition: 100

Total Number of Impressions: 110

Number in Pencil:

2nd state 1 print

Signature in Pencil: Caroline Armington

Dedication:

Caroline Armington’s etching record book contains the following notes for this print:

1st state 1 print

2nd 1

3rd

1/6, 2/6 special print

No 3 to 11 incl.

Trail print 4

Miss Helen Lindrud,xxx  xxxx Mr. Oliver Johnson

Xx not numbered

Price in Caroline Armington’s etching record book: none.

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Comments:

Records in Caroline Armington sales book shows for 1929:

‘’Mr. Oliver Johnson. Helen J. Lindrud, 1303 Yale Place, Minneapolis, Min. for May 25, 1929 wedding present’’’’ Wood Boats at Stockholm’’ with no price.

 

Based on historical records, Oliver Johnson married Helen J. Lindrud on May 25, 1929, in Minnesota.

 

1303 Yale Place, Minneapolis, Min. is located in the historic Loring Park neighborhood.

 Public registries and historical obituaries show that Helen's parents, Charles O. Lindrud and Clara M. Lindrud, lived at 1303 Yale Place.

This was almost certainly the home Helen was living in—or at least the family address she used—leading up to her May 25, 1929 wedding to Oliver Johnson.

A historical death notice for Helen’s mother, Clara M. Lindrud, explicitly lists her address as 1303 Yale Place, Minneapolis, and names her surviving daughter as "Mrs. Helen Johnson".

 

There are strong ancestral ties to Scandinavia—and specifically Sweden—for both families.

While Helen and Oliver were born in the United States, they were part of the massive wave of Scandinavian immigration to Minnesota in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

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