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Portrait of Loraine Ethel

Description: Copy negative of Loraine Andersen standing in front of a wood frame house. She is wearing a gingham dress with two front pockets, a white blouse, a bow in her hair, and is holding a book in her hands.
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Danish Heritage Preservation Society

Carl Thyssen Family

Description: Photograph of members of the Thyssen family standing outdoors in front of a large bush. Behind the bush, there is a two-story structure with two double-hung windows and horizontal siding. The majority of the family group is dressed in formal attire, with the exception of two children in the front row that appear more casual. All names have been provided, but they have not been matched to people pictured. However, Carl Thyssen is presumably the older man on the far right wearing the three-piece … more
Date: 1943
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Danish Heritage Preservation Society

[Danevang School Students]

Description: 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: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Danish Heritage Preservation Society

Carl Thyssen Family

Description: Photograph of members of the Thyssen family in front of a large bush during a Christmas celebration. A two-story structure can be seen behind them with horizontal siding, three windows, and an elevated foundation. A second bush is off to the right. They are dressed in formal attire. A kneeling man in the front row is also wearing a military uniform while holding the hand of a woman in a dark dress. Names have been supplied by accompanying information, but they have not been matched to any singl… more
Date: December 1943
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Danish Heritage Preservation Society

Notice of Classification

Description: Notice of classification postcard sent out by the Local Board in Wharton, Texas, to Ejner Larsen Wind in Danevang. The front side lists the registrant name and Ejner's classification, as well as a stamp of approval and a signature by John Norris. It ends with fine print concerning the right to appeal. On the back, there is postage information.
Date: February 20, 1943
Creator: U.S. Government Printing Office
Item Type: Refine your search to only Legal Document
Partner: Danish Heritage Preservation Society

[Written Account of the Origins of the Danevang Farmers Cooperative Society]

Description: Four page account of the beginning of the Danevange Farmers Cooperative Society written by W. E. Paulson, a marketing specialist in the Texas Agricultural Experiment Station at Texas A. & M. University. Early hardships in Danevange frame the communal spirit of the early Texas Danes, who begin cooperative enterprises after the devastating "Galveston storm" in 1900. Mr. Paulson ends with some of the financial benefits of the Coop society on Danevange.
Date: September 16, 1943
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: Danish Heritage Preservation Society

[First and Second Grade Classes of 1943, Danevang School]

Description: Copy negative of a black and white photograph of a group of children posing on the steps of their school for a class portrait. There are nine girls and three boys arranged in two rows; altogether, they make up the first and second grade. Their teacher, Frances Strarup, stands to their left with her hands behind her back. The doors to the school building are visible behind them.
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Danish Heritage Preservation Society

[First, Second and Third Grade Classes of 1944, Danevang School]

Description: Copy negative of a black and white photograph of a group of young children arranged in two rows on the steps of their school for a class portrait. The group, which represents the first, second and third grade, is made up of both girls and boys. Their teachers, Mrs. Hale and Liberty Chomout, stand on either side of the group. The doors of the school building are visible behind them.
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Danish Heritage Preservation Society

Shearith Israel News Volume 2, Number 7, September 1943

Description: Newsletter of the Shearith Israel Congregation in Wharton, including news and events, upcoming services, member announcements, editorials, and other information of interest to congregants. This issue discusses the High Holy Days and the month of Ellul.
Date: September 3, 1943
Creator: Congregation Shearith Israel (Wharton, Tex.)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
Partner: Rice University Woodson Research Center
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