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Metadata
Object Identification Number |
1992.155.007nnnn |
Object Name |
Postcard |
Donor |
Hansen, Rita Neergaard |
Scope / Description |
Postcard with a label reading "A Happy New Year" over a gold horseshoe with roses. Mailed to Mrs. Chr. Neergaard from Henry, Marie, and Bertha. 5 1/2" W x 3 1/2" L This postcard came from an album (1992.155.007a) that belonged to the donor's mother. The album itself is American. The contents include objects she received before leaving Denmark, before marrying Christian, and many after their marriage. The donor's grandparents, Peder and Kirsten Neergaard were farmers from Nødager, Denmark (the Grenaa-Æbeltoft area of Jylland). In 1888, they immigrated to Canada with their three sons, Christian (this postcard's recipient), Achton, and Sophus. Peder and his sons worked on the Canadian railroad. The family moved south to Washington state and worked their way east to Wisconsin. Kirsten Neergaard died in 1905. Peder asked her sister, Maren Jensen, still in Denmark to come to America to help with the family. She arrived with Olivia Poulsen in Kenosha, WI. Olivia married Christian in 1907. Together they had Kirsten (1908) and the donor, Rita Neergaard Hansen (1912). Olivia died in 1930. Christian Neergaard on WOH. |
Language of Material |
Danish |
Title |
A Happy New Year |
Date |
Jan. 1, 1912 |
Dates of Creation |
Jan. 1, 1912 |
Associated People |
Hansen, Rita Neergaard Neergard, Olivia Poulsen Poulsen, Olivia Jensen, Marie Jensen, Henry Jensen, Bertha Henry Bertha |
Search Terms |
Postcard Hansen, Rita Neergaard Neergard, Olivia Poulsen Poulsen, Olivia Jensen, Marie Jensen, Henry Jensen, Bertha Henry Bertha New Year Horseshoe |
Date Received by Museum |
1992 |
Images |
348\1992155007nnnn.JPG |
Accession number |
1992.155 |