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1018:"United States Census, 1930," Edward Carlson in household of Hosea Hooper, Chicago (Districts 0251-0500), Cook, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 342, sheet 1B, line 99, family 25, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 428; FHL microfilm 2,340,163.
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Also attending the Art
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Institute of Chicago on June 23, 1911, having taken the three-year course in drawing, painting and sculpture. That same year, after visiting Edward's family in Indiana, Edward and Eva were married on Wednesday, October 4, 1911, in Hopkins, Texas. Afterward
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Chicago, probably while attending the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. By 1910 he was living with his uncle August Holmquist, his aunt Hanna, and his young cousins Alma, Ebba, Alice and Violet at their home on 2700, West 23rd
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William Carlson (May 4, 1883 – July 26, 1932) was an American miniature portraitist. His parents were Swedish immigrants Minnie and John. Carlson spent most of his childhood in Chicago, Illinois, where his parents owned and operated the Englewood Home Laundry.
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Certificate of Death: Eva
Dorchester Carlson. Filed 23 October 1926. County: Grayson. City: Sherman. State of Texas, Texas State Board of Health, Register Number 262, File Number 58943. Informant: C. B. Dorchester , Sherman,
570:, Carolyn D. Tyler, Marian Dunlap Harper, Magda Heuermann, Katherine Wolcott, Mabel Packard, Kate Bacon Bond, Frances M. Beem, Eva L. Carman, Helen B. Slutz, Evelyn Purdie, Edna Amelia Robeson, and Alden F. Brooks.
911:"Illinois, Cook County, Birth Certificates, 1871-1940", Cook, Illinois, United States, reference/certificate 2663, Cook County Clerk, Cook County Courthouse, Chicago; FHL microfilm 1,288,304.
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Catalogue of the
Seventh Annual Exhibition by the Chicago Society of Miniature Painters: The Art Institute of Chicago, February Fourteen to March Seventeen, Nineteen Hundred and Eighteen
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Catalogue of the Sixth Annual
Exhibition by the Chicago Society of Miniature Painters: The Art Institute of Chicago, February Fourteen to March Seventeen, Nineteen Hundred and Eighteen
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America, Bureau of the Census. Twelfth Census of the United States, 1900. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1900. T623, 1854 rolls.
877:, Volume 57, Number 45, Plymouth, Marshall County , 9 November 1911, page 7. (Note that some of the accomplishments given to individuals in this article may be exaggerated.)
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Chicago: - 1912-14: 3422 Calumet Avenue; 1914-16: 3311 Calumet Avenue; 1917-circa 1921: 4434 Calumet Avenue; 1921 to at least 1923: 7413 Evans Avenue.
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For insight on the origin and struggle of
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where they bought or leased a farm near those of his mother's brothers. At this time Edward Carlson's occupation is a farmhand. He was seventeen years old.
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810:"Eva Dorchester." E-mail from Franna Camenisch, Museum Curator, to the Knowledge contributor. March 9, 2017.
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Erickson, Rolf H. "Swedish-American Artists Exhibitions in Chicago Described in Checklists and Catalogs".
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748:(San Francisco and Oakland, California, USA), August 11, 1932, page 3. (Swedish)
733:. Office of Illinois Department of Factory Inspection, January 1, 1902, page 96.
920:"Pallet and Pencil: The Swedish Club of Chicago Holds its Fourth Art Exhibit"
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794:"Edward Carlson Dies in Sawyer; Rites on Friday at Three Oaks"
950:, volume 8, American-Scandinavian Foundation, 1920, page 605.
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946:"An Exhibition of Work by Americans of Swedish Descent",
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663:, volume 12, American Federation of Arts, 1921, page 35.
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Portrait of Boy in Uniform by Edward William Carlson
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1135:. The Art Institute of Chicago, 1920, page 12.
1111:. The Art Institute of Chicago, 1918, page 16.
798:(St. Joseph, Michigan), July 28, 1932, page 2.
1123:. The Art Institute of Chicago, 1919, page 4.
1099:. The Art Institute of Chicago, 1918, page 2.
364:Paintings by Edward William Carlson include:
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699:, volume 13, number 30, May 1, 1915, page 4.
937:, volume 42, number 2, April 1991, page 92.
1063:. Art Institute of Chicago, 1907, page 17.
187:Around 1900 the Carlson family moved near
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993:"Art Exhibit Closes Prizes Awarded",
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303:Signature of Edward William Carlson
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510:Portrait of the Late Mr. L. T. W.
486:Portrait of Mrs. C. B. Dorchester
812:Texas School for the Deaf Museum
525:The Late Mr. Lindsay F. Woodcock
1087:. The Libby Co., 1914, page 12.
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492:Portrait of Mrs. F. C. Dillard
480:Portrait of Mr. C. S. Peterson
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673:The American Magazine of Art
489:Portrait of Mrs. C. S. Terry
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441:Portrait of a Boy in Uniform
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606:Probably P. J. Hasenstab
483:Portrait of Mr. J. F. B.
261:Art Institute of Chicago
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1028:The Deaf-Mutes' Journal
1007:The Deaf-Mutes' Journal
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507:Portrait of Reverend H.
462:Portrait of Mabel Sykes
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504:Portrait of My Sister
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498:Portrait of Mrs. W.
495:Portrait of Mrs. S.
474:Portrait of Miss S.
471:Portrait of Miss R.
468:Portrait of Miss M.
393:Lieutenant Barsanti
189:Grovertown, Indiana
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423:Mrs. A. X. Schmitt
375:A Study of Profile
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384:Edward Hines, Jr.
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43:May 4, 1883
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627:References
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273:Gothenburg
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360:Paintings
326:Chikaming
269:Stockholm
195:Adulthood
169:Childhood
105:Education
70:Chikaming
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399:Margaret
381:Beatrice
372:A Priest
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