Announcing: Lillian Thorn Knutson Amateur Photographer of Family, Friends & Becker Community Photo

Event Date: November 1, 2024

Announcing:
Lillian Thorn Knutson
Amateur Photographer of Family, Friends & Becker Community

Photo Exhibit

12 photographs, culled from the Sherburne County Historical Society’s
photograph collection of amateur photographer Lillian Thorn Knutson are on exhibition
at the Sherburne History center starting November 1, 2024.

This exhibit shows the variety of photographs from the early part of the 20th
century in our collection taken by a local photographer.

Lillian (Thorn) Knutson documented daily life in the village of Becker and
surrounding area with a Kodak 2A Brownie camera she was gifted. She photographed
her husband (K. G. Knutson), daughter (Arvilla Knutson Gongoll), parents (Samuel and
Margaret Thorn) and life going on outside her home and general store.

This exhibit is sponsored by the Gongoll family.

The Sherburne History Center is located at 10775 27th Avenue SE, Becker, MN
55308 and specializes in the history of Sherburne County through museum exhibitions,
a reference library, an archives and a Legacy Trail with historic structures. It is open
Tuesday - Friday: 10 a.m. - 5 p.m., Saturday: 9 a.m. – 4 p.m.

The Sherburne History Center is also currently showing the award-winning exhibition: Life on the Edge.

For more information contact the Sherburne History Center at www.sherburnehistorycenter.org
 Or Call (763) 261-4433.