Photo Record
Images
Metadata
Object Identification Number |
1985.010.034 |
Object Name |
Print, Photographic |
Donor |
Cripps, John |
Description |
One of thirty-four black and white photographs that were in an album owned by Johannes Otto Petersen. This photograph is of a group of four men at Lake Geneva. Three men are wearing white shirts, light pants, and hats, while the fourth is wearing dark pants and a dark vest. Three of the men are draping jackets over their arms. The man in dark clothing is holding something small and square in his proper left hand. The man second from the viewer's right has his legs crossed and is leaning his elbow on the shoulder of the man to the viewer's left. There are trees and bushes behind the men. On the back is written "4 af danmarks / Sønner i Lake / Geneva 1926". In the bottom corner is stamped "6". |
Print Size |
3 1/2 x 2 1/2 |
Creation Date |
1926 |
Place of Creation |
Lake Geneva |
Associated People |
Petersen, Johannes Otto |
Search Terms |
Petersen, Johannes Otto Lake Geneva Switzerland France Denmark's sons trip travel vacation |
Date Received by Museum |
12/1984 |
Provenance |
According to the back, this photograph is of "4 af danmarks Sønner i Lake Geneva 1926," or four of Denmark's sons in Lake Geneva, 1926. The photos in this accession relate to the donor's step-father's younger brother Johannes Otto Petersen. Shortly before his death he had given John an album of photos taken during his years in the U.S. Johannes Otto Petersen's hometown was Fredericia, Denmark. He worked in the 1920s as a linotypist with the Danish Lutheran Publishing House in Nebraska. On his return to Denmark he spent the rest of his life as a linotypist with Politiken Newspaper. He died in 1982. The donor removed the photographs from their original album. June Sampson identified some of the locations in the photographs in her Thank You Letter to the donor as Blair, Nebraska; Racine, Wisconsin; California; and Montana. |
Images |
138\1985010034.JPG |
Accession number |
1985.010 |