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Metadata
Object Identification Number |
1997.108.009 |
Object Name |
Scrapbook |
Donor |
Jensen, Harry C. and Ellen |
Scope / Description |
Black cardboard scrapbook with a 1 7/8" vertical orange strip on the proper right side and spine. The scrapbook is held together by a 2-ring trapper keeper. The front cover has silver images of an airplane flying in the clouds on the top half and a speeding train on the lower half. Brand name "STREAMLINE" is in silver on the proper right orange strip. The interior pages are filled with article clippings and hand written notes on American History, the U.S. flag, and other patriotic teachings. The materials were used by Dagmar and Karl Eriksen to study for their citizenship tests. The later half of the scrapbook also documents parts of World War II and the death of Franklin D. Roosevelt. 10 7/8" L x 9" W Karl Eriksen (Erick Carl Eriksen, April 15, 1883-1966) and his wife Dagmar Mathilde Eriksen (b. July 18, 1893; parents were Johan Hansen and Karen Marie Hansen) arrived at Ellis Island on the Frederik VIII on April 1, 1924. Karl was listed as a "ranger" and their destination was Askov, MN. Karl had previously been in the U.S. in 1911 and 1916. Karl was born in Skaarup, Denmark, and Dagmar in Nørre Esterbølle, Denmark. They were married in 1919 in Nørre Sandager Parish, and lived in Margaard, Denmark. Karl was an assistant forest ranger--his parents were former farm manager and head ranger Peder Larsen Eriksen and his late wife Kirsten Nielsen. After immigrating, they first settled in Pine County, MN, and then went to Askov. Karl was a "forester in residence" at Grand View College from 1943 to 1958. |
Language of Material |
English/Danish |
Title |
Streamline |
Dates of Creation |
1941-1958 |
Associated People |
Hansen, Dagmar Eriksen, Dagmar Eriksen, Erick Karl Eriksen, Karl Jensen, Harry C. Jensen, Ellen Roosevelt, Franklin Delano |
Search Terms |
Hansen, Dagmar Eriksen, Dagmar Eriksen, Erick Karl Eriksen, Karl Jensen, Harry C. Jensen, Ellen Scrapbook Streamline American history Newspaper clippings Franklin Delano Roosevelt FDR World War II WW2 Citizenship American flag Memorial Day The Minneapolis Journal |
Date Received by Museum |
1997 |
Images |
347\1997108009.JPG |
Accession number |
1997.108 |