Photo Record
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Metadata
Object Identification Number |
1993.056.007 |
Object Name |
Postcard, Photographic |
Donor |
Smith, Florence Andersen |
Description |
Black and white photograph of a family of seven. Two young men dressed in dark suits are seated in the front. An older man in a suit is standing in the center behind them. To the viewer right of the man there are two young girls, both dressed in light-colored dresses, hair pulled back in bows, and necklaces around their necks. There are another two older girls to the viewer left of the man, dressed in similar outfits and hairstyles. The floor is patterned and the background behind them shows a curtain to the viewer right and an ornamental pillar to the left. There is a white border at the top. The photo has been addressed and sent as a postcard. In the back upper right corner there is a green 1-cent stamp with George Washington's profile. The postmark is illegible, with only a partial "YANT" readable at the top. The address is "Miss Mayme Andersen / Centerville / So. Dak. / P.J.D." The message, written upside down to the left, reads: "Well Mayme, how / are you folks, since / we never hear from / down there. We heard / both Henry's & Peder's / were quarintined , is / that so? and why / haven't you told us / Ladwigs told Morris / about it in town. so / if you are not inclosed / you might write a / few lines. Jensena." |
Print Size |
5.375 x 3.375 |
Place of Creation |
United States/South Dakota/Turner County/Centerville |
Associated People |
Jensena Andersen, Mayme Andersen, Henry Andersen, Peder |
Search Terms |
South Dakota Turner County Centerville Jensena Andersen, Mayme portrait children disease illness quarantine |
Date Received by Museum |
04/20/1993 |
Provenance |
The people in the photograph are not identified. The message on the back is addressed to Miss Mayme Andersen in Centerville, South Dakota from Jensena. Seren Andersen was born on December 31, 1850 near Thisted, Denmark. He came to American in October 1872 and worked as a farm hand in Illinois before returning to Denmark in 1877 due to his ill father. He returned to America in 1878. He lived in Chicago for a time, which is where he married Jorgina Pedersen in 1885. Jorgina was born September 23, 1854 in Nesko, Denmark. She had arrived in Chicago in 1880 and worked as a nurse, maid, and a seamstress in a sweatshop. After they were married, they moved to South Dakota to farm. Their four children are Peder, Mayme, Henry, and Florence. The couple died in the 1930s and are buried in Viborg, South Dakota. Both are on the museum's Wall of Honor. Their son Peder (or Peter) Andersen married Clara Hartvigsen (1889-1984) on October 6, 1909. She was born in Audubon County, and was baptized in the church at Elk Horn as there wasn't a church in Kimballton. They lived at Centerville, South Dakota. Florence Andersen Smith is their daughter. Henry, their second son, was born in 1889. He and his younger sister Florence accompanied their parents on a trip to Denmark, where his sister became ill and died. He married Cecelia Smith of Irene, South Dakota. on September 12, 1912. He took over the land Seren had acquired in 1885 and farmed it. They had seven children: Oscar, Lawrence, Ellen, Mayme, Priscilla, Harry, and Vernon. Henry died on November 21, 1954, and Cecelia survived him and lived in Viborg, S.D. There is additional family history in the accession file. |
Images |
174\1993056007.JPG |
Accession number |
1993.056 |