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From Nesna with Love

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Follow host Dana Conroy on a journey to uncover the story behind a pair of “lobben boots.”

Postcards producer Dana Conroy’s great great grandmother received a package in the 1940s from her relatives in a Norway. Inside, she found a pair of boots called “Nesna Lobben.” Now Dana and the Postcards crew are bringing those boots back home.

03/07/2026

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Pioneer Specials is a local public television program presented by Pioneer PBS

Pioneer Specials

From Nesna with Love

Preview: Special | 30s

Postcards producer Dana Conroy’s great great grandmother received a package in the 1940s from her relatives in a Norway. Inside, she found a pair of boots called “Nesna Lobben.” Now Dana and the Postcards crew are bringing those boots back home.

03/07/2026

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