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Carl Christian Anton Christensen, is America's Danish-American equivalent of "Grandma Moses." Another early Danish-American artisan was Peter Hanson, a landscape painter, tulip authority, and daguerreian. Hanson was born in Denmark in 1821 and came to America c. 1847, when he settled in Brooklyn, NY, with a photography studio in the Bowery.
Los Angeles County Treasurer and Tax Collector bills, collects, invests, borrows, safeguards and disburses monies and properties in Los Angeles County. The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors appoints the treasurer to this position. The previous treasurer was Keith Knox. [1] The current treasurer is Elizabeth Ginsberg. [2]
Eliza Dushku, actress, mother is of mostly Danish descent [6] Buddy Ebsen, actor, father was of Danish ancestry [7] Ann Forrest, actress, immigrant from Denmark; Lilie Hayward, actress and screenwriter, sister of Danish American actress Seena Owen; Florence Henderson, actress, daughter of Danish American mother; Jean Hersholt, actor, immigrant ...
The Government of Los Angeles County is defined and authorized under the California Constitution, California law, and the Charter of the County of Los Angeles. [1] Much of the Government of California is in practice the responsibility of county governments, such as the Government of Los Angeles County. The County government provides countywide ...
The 1990 United States census and 2000 United States census found that non-Hispanic whites were becoming a minority in Los Angeles. Estimates for the 2010 United States census results find Latinos to be approximately half (47-49%) of the city's population, growing from 40% in 2000 and 30-35% in 1990 census.
He served as the 2nd Los Angeles County Assessor, from 1857 to 1858. [16] He was elected as a member of the Los Angeles Common Council, serving from 1853 to 1854. [17] He was married to María de Jesus Alvarado, a member of the Pico family. He died in 1868 in Los Angeles.
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Swedish American Historical Quarterly 65 (2014): 3–30. Norwegian-American press argued the colonial settlement was Scandinavian not just Swedish. Rasmussen, Anders Bo. Civil War Settlers: Scandinavians, Citizenship, and American Empire, 1848-1870 (2022) see online book also see online book review