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O. J. Hansen Home

Description: Photograph of a single-story home in Danevang, Texas, belonging to Olaf J. Hansen. The photograph was taken a short distance away from the road, capturing the front lawn and the paved walkway leading up to the front doorstep. Five windows of identical dimensions and design run throughout the house. Horizontal siding covers the exterior walls and a shingle darker than the siding covers a pair of intersecting gable roofs. A chimney is at the top on one of the roof's hips.
Date: 1939
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Partner: Danish Heritage Preservation Society

A Limit of Ducks

Description: Copy negative of Leonard and Clarence Lauritsen displaying the results of their duck hunt. The men are standing on either side of the string of ducks, looking upward and holding shotguns in front of the Lauritsen residence and automobile.
Date: unknown
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Partner: Danish Heritage Preservation Society

[Rasmussen Family at the Beach]

Description: Copy negative of a family group at the beach. Specifically, accompanying information indicates they are at the Gulf of Mexico. The infant girl on the left has been identified as Joyce Rasmussen. To the right, her mother, identified as Alberta Rasmussen, wears a dark one-piece swimsuit. Joyce's father, to the right of Alberta, has been identified as Robert (Speck) Rasmussen. He wears shorts, a long-sleeve shirt, and a hat.
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Danish Heritage Preservation Society

Danevang School 5th & 6th Grade

Description: Copy negative of the Danevang School 5th and 6th grade class posing with their teacher for a picture in front of the school building. Glass double-doors can be seen behind them. The top row, from left to right, consists of Victoria (last name not provided), Kenneth Strarup, Holger Thyssen, Floyd Wind, Ray Allenson, Gilbert Nelsen, Donald Lykke, and Louise Hansen. From left to right, the bottom row consists of Donald Nielsen, Estelle Lauritsen, Dagmar Thyssen, Elenora Hansen, Jorgen Gann, Elaine… more
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Danish Heritage Preservation Society

Mr. and Mrs. Peter Westerholm (Astrid)

Description: Bust portrait photograph of a woman, identified as Mrs. Astrid Westerholm, and her husband Peter Westerholm. They are in front of a blank backdrop. Mrs. Westerholm wears glasses and a jacket with embroidery detail on her lapel. Mr. Westerholm also wears glasses, as well as a suit jacket and polka-dot tie. Accompanying information states that, "Mrs. Astrid Westerholm was the organist in Danevang Lutheran Church in 1939-1942. She played on alternationg[sic] Sundays with Emil Svensson and Mrs. Vig… more
Date: 1939/1942
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Partner: Danish Heritage Preservation Society

Certificate of Progress

Description: Certificate of progress document given to Jillie Jensen from a Danevang public school. There is a decorative border surrounding the paper. Beneath an illustration of a hand holding a quill pen, the text reads: "This Certifies that Lillie Jensen has done good work in Penmanship in the third grade of Danevang Public Schools and has made notable progress in keeping correct position, using proper movement and doing legible writing in all written work." The name of the school, teacher, and princip… more
Date: May 19, 1939
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Partner: Danish Heritage Preservation Society

1939 Inventory

Description: Inventory sheet from 1939 after the Danevang Famer's Co-operative bought out a local grocery store. The document lists all of the supplies in the store, with prices on the far right and a total price at the bottom, which has been crossed out with pencil. The actual price appears to have been written on the bottom left corner.
Date: January 1, 1939
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: Danish Heritage Preservation Society

Galveston Home of Johanna Hansen Petersen

Description: A copy negative of a black and white photograph of a woman (identified as Elna Petersen Mikkelsen) standing in front of a two-story building that is supported by risers. The building is the Galveston home of Johanna Hansen Petersen. According to accompanying information, Johanna ran the building as a home for Danish seamen who were stationed in Galveston. In the background, part of a fence behind the house is visible.
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Danish Heritage Preservation Society
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