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[Confirmation Class of 1945, Danevang Lutheran Church]

Black and white photograph of the Danevang Lutheran Church Confirmation class of 1945. The class is composed of several young men and young women who are accompanied by their Reverend, Vaghn Duus, who is standing on the far left on the back row. They are all wearing formal wear; the girls are wearing white dresses and the boys are wearing suits. Each individual has a floral boutonniere pinned to their clothing. Behind the group is a set of open wooden doors.

Date: 1945

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Danish Heritage Preservation Society

[Danevang School Class of 1937]

Black and white photograph of a group of students, varying in age, gathered for a class photograph in front of the Danevang School. There are five rows in all; the first row is comprised of the youngest children who are sitting cross-legged. The windows of the building behind them are visible and all of them are open.

Date: 1937

Creator: Dedrick's Studios

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Danish Heritage Preservation Society

[Confirmation Class in Front of Doorway]

Copy print of a group of adolescent girls and boys standing in front of a large doorway belonging to the Danevang Lutheran Church. Behind the open door, a staircase can be seen leading to a second floor. The group is all dressed in formal attire, in similar cut dresses and suits. Additionally, they also have corsages pinned to their chests. From left to right, they have been identified as Gunnar Thyssen, Pastor Vaghn Duus, Vernon Swendsen, Barbara Strarup, Lawrence Petersen, Irene Hansen, Carl … more

Date: 1930/1950

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Danish Heritage Preservation Society

[Danevang School Students]

Copy print of school students and two of their teachers standing on the front steps of a school in Danevang, Texas. Behind them, there is an open double-door entryway. They have been lined up into three rows. From left to right, the first row has been identified as Lawrence Harton, Gunnar Thyssen, Vernon Swendsen, Barbara Strarup, Lawrence Petersen, Leroy Strarup, and Julian Christiansen. The second row, from left to right, has been identified as Martin Strarup, Alton Nielsen, Preston Hicks, Li… more

Date: 1943/1944

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Danish Heritage Preservation Society

1945 Confirmation

Black and white photograph of the 1945 confirmation class of [Danevang Lutheran Church] standing inside their church. They are posed in front of an intricate altar that has four spires and that appears to have a religious image at its center. The group, comprised of three girls and eight boys, is flanked by two windows and the ceiling above the group is concave. The girls wear white dresses and corsages pinned to their clothing and the boys wear suits with boutonnières pinned to their lapels… more

Date: 1945

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Danish Heritage Preservation Society

Danish School

Photograph of students and their teacher in front of a Danish school in Danevang, Texas. The students are standing in two rows against the wooden schoolhouse with their teacher, who is standing on the far left in the back row.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Danish Heritage Preservation Society

Danevang School

Copy negative of students, teachers, and the principal standing outside of a one-story wooden schoolhouse in Danevang, Texas.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Danish Heritage Preservation Society

Certificate of Progress

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

Item Type: Text

Partner: Danish Heritage Preservation Society

Danevang School

Copy negative of the school children of Danevange School, which is located in Wharton County, Texas. The children are pictured on the font steps of the school. From left to right, top to bottom, the students pictured are: Row 1 (top): Christian Michaelsen, Gensler (unknown first name), Leo Jensen, Laura Petersen, Emma Brodsgaard, Lillie Jensen, Karen Petersen, Ingeborg Agnes Berndt, Marianna Berndt, Kathryn Nielsen, Anna Michaelsen, Myrtle Hansen, Myrtle Nielsen, Edna Lykke, Hans Michae… more

Date: February 8, 1927

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Danish Heritage Preservation Society

Danevang School

Copy print of a photograph of the students and teachers of the Danevang School during the 1937-1938 school year. The oldest students appear to be standing at the back, and the youngest are sitting in the front with a plaque that says "Danevang School 1937-1938 Larue Praytor Principal. The group is outside with the school building in the background. According to accompanying information the teachers were Mrs. Edwards, Dorothy Hermansen, Mrs. Bell, Juliane Hvilholt, and Mrs. Inex Praytor. … more

Date: unknown

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Danish Heritage Preservation Society

[Five Women at Farm Bureau Queen's Contest]

Photograph of five girls at a beauty pageant in El Campo, Texas, headed by the Farm Bureau of Wharton County. They are standing on a wooden floor beneath a hanging set of streamers. They wear long dresses of varying colors, prints, and tailoring. From left to right, they have been identified as: unknown, Mary Dorotik (possibly Dornak), Elaine Hansen, LaVanne Ladewig, and Lillie Jensen. Hand-written text on the back of the photograph lists their names. Additionally, a small newspaper article … more

Date: 1949

Creator: Connie's Studio

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Danish Heritage Preservation Society

1910 Central School Class Photo

Photograph of a group of children and an adult female standing before a building with two windows. The children are variously dressed in pants, shorts, and dresses. None of them are wearing shoes. The adult woman on the far right wears a light-colored top and a floor-length, full skirt. There is an irregular piece of cardboard taped on the back of the photograph. Hand-written text in pencil is partially seen, and reads, "School Circa 1910".

Date: 1910~

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Danish Heritage Preservation Society

[Lillie and Andrew Jensen in Kitchen]

Copy negative of a young woman and an older man inside a kitchen in Danevang, Texas. The woman, identified as Lillie Jensen, is wearing a striped bathrobe and pouring coffee out of a metal coffee pot into a small cup held by her father, Andrew Jensen, on the right. Andrew wears striped overalls, a light-colored shirt, and conductor's cap. A gas stove is visible in the foreground. In the back, the walls have been covered with a print wallpaper, and an open door can be seen leading to another par… more

Date: unknown

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Danish Heritage Preservation Society

Lillie Jensen and her Cat

Copy negative of a young girl, identified as Lillie Jensen, petting two kittens. She is dressed casually in a pair of pants and a long-sleeve shirt. She appears to be located in a farm. A house can be seen behind her to the left as well as a few trees scattered about. The shadow of a person, presumably the person taking the photograph, can be seen in the foreground.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Danish Heritage Preservation Society

Andersen's at Letulle Park

Copy negative of two adult women and a young girl outdoors at Letulle Park in Bay City. The women are seated on each front wheel of an automobile; Olga Andersen is on the left and Mathilda Kladstrup is on the right. Their niece, Lillie Jensen, is standing between the car grill and front bumper. She wears a light-colored dress and a hat. The women behind her also wear hats and light-colored dresses. A second vehicle can be seen in the back off to the right underneath the cast shadow of a tree.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Danish Heritage Preservation Society

Anton Andersen

Copy negative of an older man, identified as Anton Andersen, standing outdoors in an empty plot of land with a few scattered trees in the distance. He wears a suit jacket, hat, and slouchy pants. Both of his hands are buried in the front pockets. Accompanying information states that Anton was the father of Dagny Andersen Jensen and grandfather to Lillie Jensen.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Danish Heritage Preservation Society

School Photo 1937-1938

Photograph of the Danevang School class of 1937-1938. The class picture is composed of boys and girls as well as teachers on either side. They stand in front of a large building with four visible windows, with a fifth cropped out of the photograph on the leftmost side. Starting at the top row, from left to the right, excluding the three adult women (records show discrepancy in their names), the individuals are identified as Alfred Jensen, Carl Larsen, Viggo Thyssen, Helga Christensen, Agneta He… more

Date: 1937/1938

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Danish Heritage Preservation Society

[Andrew Jensen Family]

Photograph of a man in a suit and hat, two young women, two girls holding dolls, and a young boy in overalls at the front.

Date: 1940

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Danish Heritage Preservation Society