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Hans T. Andersen Home

Description: Photograph of a two-story house in Danevang, Texas, belonging to Hans Thorvald Andersen. The photograph was taken from some distance away, capturing a broad property with short grasses and large trees at either side of the house. There is a black dog standing in the foreground facing the camera. The house has a steep gambrel roof and light-colored siding as well as several windows on the first and second floors. A sticker with the typed text "Hans T. Andersen" has been placed on the front of th… more
Date: 1920/1950
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Danish Heritage Preservation Society

Marius & Helga Thyssen Home

Description: Photograph of two-story structure in Danevang, Texas, belonging to Marius and Helga Thyssen. The photograph was taken some distance away, capturing a front lawn which has been cut short. There are tall trees on each side of the house. Intersecting gable roofs cover the second floor, while sloping roofs cover the overhangs of the first floor. Each is supported by slender columns. Hand-written text on the back of the photograph reads, "Helga Thyssen home in country where Curti (hard to tell what … more
Date: 1920/1950
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Danish Heritage Preservation Society

Marius & Helga Thyssen Home

Description: Photograph of a two-story structure in Danevang, Texas, belonging to Marius and Helga Thyssen. The photograph was taken some distance from the front entrance, capturing a dirt pathway where a car be seen parked on the rightmost part of the image and a tree near the house that towers over it. There are four outdoor chairs on each side of the pathway leading to the front steps as well as decorative planters. The house has white siding and intersecting, shingled gable roofs. The entrance has a hip… more
Date: 1920/1950
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Danish Heritage Preservation Society

Theodore Andersen Home

Description: Photograph of the homestead of Theodore Andersen in Danevang, Texas. Taken from the street, the photograph captures a tilled plot of land in the foreground and the main building in the distance. It has white siding, intersecting gable roofs, and several windows. A second structure is seen on the left. It has a gambrel roof and white walls. Two trucks are seen on the far left.
Date: 1920/1950
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Danish Heritage Preservation Society

Release of Oil and Gas Lease

Description: Release document of an oil and gas lease between the Roxana Petroleum Corporation and Carl Harton and his wife Christiane Harton. The document states that the petroleum company is relinquishing 70 acres of property in Wharton County, along with all rights, to the Hartons. Signatures were made on the bottom by the vice-president of the corporation and a notary. When closed, on the back, the top quarter of the document condenses the document into two lines of text that read, "Release of Oil and G… more
Date: February 14, 1927
Item Type: Refine your search to only Legal Document
Partner: Danish Heritage Preservation Society

[Portrait of S. D. Rodholm]

Description: Postcard of a man, identified as S. D. Rodholm, in front of a blank light-colored backdrop. He stands with his hands behind his back wearing a three-piece suit, hat, and small oval glasses. The printed text on the sheet of paper where the photograph was pasted to reads: "S. D. Rodsholm (perhaps a typo; name spelled as 'Rodholm' in other sources) Brother of J. A. M. Rodsholm. Translated famous Danish folk sons. See 'Joy of SONG', (Evening Star). Also the Green Book. b.j. 8-29-2004."
Date: 1920/1923
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Partner: Danish Heritage Preservation Society

[Pastor Rodholm and Family]

Description: Photograph of a family group posing a short distance away from the exterior of a home. The house has two visible windows. On either side of the family, there is an outgrowth of branches that are clinging to the side of the house. The group consists of Pastor J. A. M. Rodholm, who is standing on the far right in a three-piece suit, his wife Martha Christine, their daughter Gudrun Valborg, and their two sons, Immanuel Benedict and Knud Johannes. There is hand-written text on the back of the pho… more
Date: 1920/1923
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Danish Heritage Preservation Society

[Pastor Rodholm and Family]

Description: Postcard of a family group standing outdoors in front of a bush. The man in the back wearing glasses and the dark suit has been identified as Pastor J. A. M. Rodholm. His wife, Martha Christine Nielsen Rodholm, is standing next to him on the right. She wears a long dress and has her hair pulled in a bun. The girl standing in the front of Pastor Rodholm, his daughter, has been identified as Gudrun Valborg Rodholm. Her brother, Immanuel Benedict Rodholm, is to the right.
Date: 1920/1923
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Partner: Danish Heritage Preservation Society

[Portrait of Pastor Hans O. Jensen]

Description: Bust portrait photograph of a man, identified as Pastor Hans O. Jensen, in front of a blank, light-colored backdrop. He wears a dark suit jacket over a dark tie and light-colored collar shirt. The photograph has been pasted on a sheet of paper that lists biographical information about the Pastor, including years served at the Danevang Lutheran Church and birth and death dates.
Date: 1926/1928
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Danish Heritage Preservation Society

El Campo Cotton Platform

Description: Photograph taken at El Campo Cotton Platform, which appears to be a kind of property used for the processing and harvesting of cotton. On the platform itself, there are various stacked piles of cotton and hay bales. A procession of horse-drawn wagons on the dirt road in front of the platform are moving forward. Helvig J. Berndt is in one of the wagons, but his actual location hasn't been specified. Additionally, two children can be seen joining the male driver in the front wagon. The photograp… more
Date: 1920/1940
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Danish Heritage Preservation Society

[Danish Ladies Aid at Parsonage]

Description: Photograph of the Danish Ladies Aid organization in front of their parsonage. They are joined by a couple of children and, according to accompanying information, Pastor Kyhl, who is presumably the man on the farthest right of the photograph. The women, the majority of them in late age, wear long, dark-colored dresses and have their hair pinned back. The two-story structure behind them has a shingled overhang supported by a row of columns that runs across the front. An early automobile model is … more
Date: 1926
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Danish Heritage Preservation Society

[Danevang Farmers Co-operative Society Building]

Description: Postcard of a single-story building surrounded by a dirt road and farmlands. On the entrance, over double sided doors and a set of windows on either side, there is a large sign that reads "Danevang Farmers Co-operative Society Inc.". On the right side of the building, towards the back, there are two parked cars. There are two men standing in between them. The man on the right is looking towards the direction where the photograph was taken.
Date: 1925/1935
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Partner: Danish Heritage Preservation Society

Andrew & Dagny Jensen Marriage License

Description: Marriage license provided to Anders Jessen Jensen and Dagny Andersen from the Wharton County courthouse. There is a black and white illustration at the very top of the document of a bell composed entirely of small flowers, with a leafy vine emerging from the back of the bell and encircling it in an arc. This bell is inside a circular motif with decorative geometric elements around the edge, and is flanked on both sides by bold, Old English text that declares the document as a Marriage License. … more
Date: December 29, 1922
Creator: Kral, F. L.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Legal Document
Partner: Danish Heritage Preservation Society

[1921 Confirmation Class]

Description: Photograph of adolescent boys and girls gathered for a group picture, which was taken during their confirmation ceremony in Danevang, Texas. They are just to the right of a church wall, which has five visible windows with pointed tops. They are all dressed in formal attire. The boys wear dark suits and the girls, all in the front row, wear light-colored dresses with cinched waists. Some names have been provided, but they have not been matched properly to individual positions in the image.
Date: 1921
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Danish Heritage Preservation Society

[Danevang School Class in Front of School Building]

Description: Photograph of a large group of students taken just outside of the front entrance of Danevang School in Danevang, Texas. They are gathered roughly into five rows. The set of double-doors behind them is open within a small overhang. On the front-facing wall, three double-hung windows are visible. They appear to have been organized from oldest to youngest top to bottom. There is faint hand-written text on the front bottom margin that reads, "Danevang School 1922-23."
Date: 1922/1923
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Danish Heritage Preservation Society

[Portrait of Berndt Children on Creek]

Description: Photograph of some of the Berndt children posing outside on a paved sidewalk at H.J. Berndt Farm, now called Elvin Berndt Farm. Leafless trees are seen in the background. Names on the back do not correspond well with the photograph, but the girl kneeling down may be Marie Berdnt, followed by Meta Berdnt in the striped top, and Helena Berdnt, picking at her eye. A decorative border surrounds the photograph. Additional hand-written text on the back cannot be read with certainty, but it may state,… more
Date: 1920
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Danish Heritage Preservation Society

[Berdnt Family at H.J Berdnt Farm]

Description: Photograph of the Berndt family standing on a dirt road. They are each holding long, slender sticks pointed to the ground, with the exception of the woman on the far right, who holds hers towards the sky. In the background, a series of leafless trees and tall grasses lead up to a farm-like structure in the distance. A decorative border surrounds the photograph. Some of the individuals have been identified. From left to right, they are: unknown, unknown, Emma Berndt (possibly), unknown, Anne Ber… more
Date: 1920
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Danish Heritage Preservation Society

[Harold Hansen Riding a Mechanical Thresher]

Description: Photograph of Harold Hansen looking at the camera while riding a mechanical thresher. He wears a 10 gallon hat and rests his hands on the thresher's wheel. Although partially covered by some of the machine's mechanism, there is text on the thresher that reads "FARMALL". A tall farmhouse is behind Harold. To the right of this building, there are barrels strewn about. A repeating, decorative border surrounds the photograph. On the back, there is stamped purple numbers, "1 1138", and an image/text… more
Date: 1928
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Danish Heritage Preservation Society

[Group of People in Front of an Airplane]

Description: Photograph of a group of men, women, and children standing in front of an early airplane model. Only two of the men pictured have been identified with certainty. The man on the far left is William Harton. The one on the far right is Jens Harton. On the back of the photograph, vertical, hand-written text reads, "At Camp Mabry, Austin, Tx. July 13, 1924". Horizontal, hand-written text reads, "Bill Harton, Mildred, Uncle Louis, Joyce, Viola, Uncle Jens, Sonny".
Date: July 13, 1924
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Danish Heritage Preservation Society

1925 Confirmation Class

Description: Photograph of an all-female confirmation class in Danevang, Texas. They are standing on a dirt road holding hands. They wear knee-length dresses with stockings and heeled strap shoes. They have been identified by their first name only, from left to right, as Agnes, Katherine, Annie, Ellen, Emma, Lila, and Myrtle. This information is hand-written in blue ink on the top. A geometric, decorative border surrounds the photograph.
Date: 1925
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Danish Heritage Preservation Society

[Photograph of Canal Bank in Port Arthur, Texas, February 2, 1922]

Description: Photograph of the Port Arthur, Texas, ship canal and bridge showing signs of erosion. The grass and sand of the bank shows vehicle tracks, leading back past power lines and towards houses. The mid portion of the photo displays the bridge raised over the canal with some people standing along the structure. On the lower right portion of the photo is a dated note describing the view.
Date: February 2, 1922
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Museum of the Gulf Coast
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