Solvang' translated--'Sunny Field' in Danish, 'Pleasant Trip' from Valley
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Valley Times Photo Collection
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This project was supported in whole or in part by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act, administered in California by the State Librarian Made accessible through a grant from the John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes Foundation and Photo Friends
Photograph article dated September 9, 1961 partially reads, "Solvang translated means 'sunny field' in Danish. It also means a quaint, quiet town of some 950 persons centered in the Santa Ynez Valley 40 miles northwest of Santa Barbara - an interesting day's journey from the Valley taking you from the beaches of U.S. Hwy. 101 past Ventura to mountain passes skirting high Lake Cachuma... Solvang's history began in 1910, founded by three Danish educators from Des Moines, Iowa, who sought adequate climate, water supply and fertility of soil to build a college, known as Atterdag."
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1 photographic print :b&w ;26 x 21 cm. Photographic prints
Tourists--California--Solvang Stores & shops--California--Solvang Gift shops--California--Solvang Streets--California--Solvang Automobiles--California--Solvang Parking lots--California--Solvang Flags--United States Flags--Denmark Solvang (Calif.) Valley Times Collection photographs
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