by Karen Nyenhuis | Aug 8, 2024 | A Miniature 1910 Painted Lady, Uncategorized
An unusually cold spring and summer in 1867, followed by drought in 1868, caused a famine in Sweden during the years 1867-1869, and a subsequent wave of immigration to America. Most Swedes ended up in the Midwest, but a few followed the Gold Rush to San Francisco....
by Karen Nyenhuis | Jul 17, 2024 | A Miniature 1910 Painted Lady, Uncategorized
Chinese Immigrants in Gilded Age San Francisco. Text coming...
by Karen Nyenhuis | Jul 2, 2024 | Eighteenth Century Shipping Ports in Europe
“Noah’s Ark,” by Rembrandt van Rijn, Image from the Art Institute of Chicago, artic.edu, public domain. Amsterdam was a major shipping port in the 18th century, and I am writing it into my novels. As a hobbyist in the history of religion, church history in...
by Karen Nyenhuis | Jul 1, 2024 | A Miniature 1910 Painted Lady, Uncategorized
The first floor apartment houses a family of Irish immigrants to San Francisco in 1900. I’m going to guess that the fabulous doll with the orange feather in her bonnet is by Beverly Dahl, but she is not...
by Karen Nyenhuis | Jun 28, 2024 | A Miniature 1910 Painted Lady, Uncategorized
Grandpa is possibly following the advice of Thomas Jefferson on how to prevent colds–soaking one’s feet in cold water....
