Archive Record
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Metadata
Object Identification Number |
1992.155.007zzzzz |
Object Name |
Postcard |
Donor |
Hansen, Rita Neergaard |
Scope / Description |
Postcard with a colorized photographic reproduction titled "Monument Square and Main Street, Racine, Wis." Mailed to Mrs. Olivia Neergaard from Mr. and Mrs. Andersen. 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 |
Monument Square and Main Street, Racine, Wis. |
Date |
Nov. 27, 1910 |
Dates of Creation |
Nov. 27, 1910 |
Associated People |
Hansen, Rita Neergaard Neergard, Olivia Poulsen Poulsen, Olivia Andersen, Mary Andersen, Henry |
Search Terms |
Postcard Hansen, Rita Neergaard Neergard, Olivia Poulsen Poulsen, Olivia Monument Square Main Street Racine, Wisconsin Andersen, Mary Andersen, Henry |
Date Received by Museum |
1992 |
Images |
349\1992155007zzzzz.JPG |
Accession number |
1992.155 |