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Log Cabin, New Sweden, 1938

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - Architecture

"… Lewis and John Anderson came to Stockholm from Jemtland where they built the first store - a 20 X 20 one-and-one-half story building - which opened…"

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Log Cabin, New Sweden, 1938

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - The Coming of the Swedes, 1870-73

"… to the cause was his motivation to ski to the Jemtland section of New Sweden to conduct school for part of the week, returning to preach and teach…"

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General store, Stockholm, ca. 1960

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - Stockholm, Maine

"… In the late part of 1900, two brothers from Jemtland came to live in the uprising Stockholm. Lewis and John Anderson decided to build a store in…"