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Camping at the Bay

Description: Copy negative of three men identified as Louie Knudsen, Arthur Andersen, and Mads Andersen camping at Palacios Bay in Texas. Two of the men are sitting at a makeshift table and eating a meal while the third is cooking over a fire. Tools including buckets, a hatchet, and several stacked rifles are strewn about the campsite. The men are surrounded by dense foliage.
Date: unknown
Partner: Danish Heritage Preservation Society

Camping at the Bay

Description: Copy negative of three men plucking game birds while camping at Palacios Bay in Texas. Two men are standing; one is holding a pile of guns and the other is cooking. The third man is sitting. Tools and supplies are visible around the camp. Two mules are standing next to a covered wagon.
Date: unknown
Partner: Danish Heritage Preservation Society

Overland Car (First car in Danevang)

Description: Copy negative of the first automobile in Danevang, Texas. The automobile was owned by Mads Andersen, who sits in the driver's seat holding the steering wheel. Mads wife, Berthe, and daughter, Marentze, are also sitting in the vehicle.
Date: unknown
Partner: Danish Heritage Preservation Society

Threshing Rice on O. R. Johnson's Rice Farm

Description: Photograph of a group of men outdoors threshing rice on a rice farm one mile east of El Campo (this information is repeated on the back of the photograph's mat in hand-written text). The farm belonged to O. R. Johnson. The actual thresher is on the far right of the image, a large machine with several wheels and a conical pipe on its leftmost side. To the left, there are horses, some being ridden, while others appear to be harnessed to various equipment. Several bales of rice surround them on … more
Date: 1912~
Partner: Danish Heritage Preservation Society

Mad Andersen's Home

Description: Copy negative of Mads Andersen's home in Danevang, Texas. The two-story whitewashed wood house has nine visible windows at the front and a chimney coming out of the roof. The property is surrounded by trees and foliage.
Date: unknown
Partner: Danish Heritage Preservation Society

Arvid Bloom & Thora Nielsen

Description: Studio photograph of a husband and wife couple posing for picture in their wedding garb. The woman, seated on the right, has been identified as Thora Nielsen. She wears a light-colored (presumably white) dress with stockings, single-strap shoes, and a veil that reaches down to her ankles. Additionally, she also wears pearls and holds a bouquet of flowers near her lap. Her husband, identified as Arvid Bloom, is standing to the right of her. He is wearing a two-piece tuxedo suit with a light-colo… more
Date: [1912..1925]
Creator: Lauritz
Partner: Danish Heritage Preservation Society

Blacksmith Shop in Jones County

Description: Copy negative of Carl Harton's blacksmithing and woodworking shop in Danevang, Texas. The one-story building features a false storefront with a sign reading "Blacksmith and Woodwork." Two carriages pulled by horses are driving across the road in front of the shop. Several men are standing in front of the open doors of the shop. On the left side of the shop, wagon wheels and other debris are scattered against the building.
Date: unknown
Partner: Danish Heritage Preservation Society

Motorcycles in Front of Blacksmith Shop in Avoca

Description: Copy negative of men standing in front of Carl Harton's blacksmith shop in Avoca, Texas. Three of the men are seated on motorcycles, while five other men stand around the bikes. Carl Harton is identified as the second person from the left. The men are wearing overalls, plaid shirts, peacoats, buttoned sweaters, and vests. They are also wearing cabbie hats, fedoras, and cowboy hats.
Date: unknown
Partner: Danish Heritage Preservation Society
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