Sacramento County
Biographies
GUSTAF F.
LINDSTROM
GUSTAF F. LINDSTROM.--A very interesting enterprise, and one doing credit to the California capital, is that of Gustaf F. Lindstrom, the proprietor of the popular Acme Art Cabinet and Novelty Works, at 1913 I Street, Sacramento. He was born in Sweden on December 22, 1873, the son of Peter and Christina Lindstrom, both of whom rounded out their useful lives in their picturesque native land. Mr. Lindstrom was a cabinet-maker, and his son has much of his artistic gift as a creator and finisher of beautiful, hand-made furniture.
Gustaf Lindstrom went to the excellent Swedish schools, so long famous for their sloyd and other craft, and after enjoying a very thorough technical education at home, crossed the ocean to the United States in 1893, and soon found plenty of chances for work in Montreal, Boston, Hartford and Chicago. In 1909, however, feeling the lure of the Pacific Coast, he moved on westward, and for a while divided his time between San Diego, Sacramento and San Francisco.
In 1920 Mr. Lindstrom came to Sacramento and established his prosperous business here. He is prepared to make special furniture, showcases and fixtures, and to do jobbing and the repairing of furniture; he does fancy cabinet work and carving, and remodels and restores antiques; and he has exhibited his work at various places.
In politics an independent Republican, Mr. Lindstrom does his own thinking; he is vice-district-master of the Order of Vasa, a Swedish organization, and belongs to Lodge Monitor, of which he is past president, and he is also a member of the United Brotherhood, in San Francisco. In all of his relations, business and social, and as both an American and a native of Sweden, Mr. Lindstrom enjoys those pleasant dealings with his fellow-men that may indeed be regarded as enviable.
Transcribed by: Jeanne Sturgis Taylor.
Source: Reed, G. Walter, History of Sacramento County, California With
Biographical Sketches, Page 984.
Historic Record Company, Los Angeles, CA. 1923.
© 2007 Jeanne Taylor.