Andres Simonson

Seattle 1950 family

The Estonian American National Council (EANC) needs your help to tell the Estonian-American story.  

They are out there somewhere. Maybe in an old shoebox in a dark forgotten corner of the attic. Maybe inside the front cover of a dusty book, whose pages haven’t felt a turning thumb in a decade. Or, maybe in plain view, quaintly framed on the fireplace mantle. They are highly treasured for sentiment, but are also invaluable to tell the story of Estonian-Americans.

The objects cryptically described above are photographs and illustrations of Estonian-American history. More personally, they may show uncle Aado adeptly laying concrete blocks, which soon form the shape of an Estonian-American clubhouse that will generate countless future pleasant memories.

They may show your maternal vanaema (grandmother) at the helm of loom, where old world woollen fabric comes to spectacular multi-colour life.

Read more here.