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Metadata
Object Identification Number |
1993.061.001 |
Object Name |
Print, Photographic |
Donor |
Zulim, Peter |
Description |
Large composite photo of military servicemen. Rectangular, horizontally oriented, with each black and white photo mounted on brown matteboard with green printed borders around each. The name of each man is printed below his image. At the bottom edge is "HONOR ROLL D.B.S. NO. 39". (It could be that there was more, but many edge pieces are missing.) The men's photos are arranged in three horizontal rows, each with six. The top and bottom photos are all together, but the center row has two, a gap, two, a gap, and the final two. Brown paper covering on the back. This assemblage has three detached pieces - one large corner piece which originated at the viewer's lower right and includes one photograph and two edge pieces, one a strip and the other a small possible corner piece. See "People" for a list of all but one of the men on the photo. One man's name is lost because of a missing edge piece. |
Print Size |
29 1/4 x 24 |
Creation Date |
20th century |
Associated People |
Mayer, R.C. Nielsen, A.C. Hansen, H. Uldall, C. Jespersen, N.A. Olsen, S.E. Spangard, L.C. Petersen, Robert Carlsen, Otto Andersen, Earl Nelson, F.W. Nielsen, Andr. Lynow, R.J. Pedersen, P.M. Koford, Dr. H. Kock, M. Jensen, H. |
Search Terms |
Danish Brotherhood Society Danish Brotherhood in America World War photo military Lodge 39 Mayer, R.C. Nielsen, A.C. Hansen, H. Uldall, C. Jespersen, N.A. Olsen, S.E. Spangard, L.C. Petersen, Robert Carlsen, Otto Andersen, Earl Nelson, F.W. Nielsen, Andr. Lynow, R.J. Pedersen, P.M. Koford, Dr. H. Kock, M. Jensen, H. |
Date Received by Museum |
1993 |
Provenance |
This photograph seems to represent military servicemen within the Danish Brotherhood Society, likely from one of the World Wars. ------------------------------------------------------------ The Danish Brotherhood in America (DBIA), originally Det Danske Brodersamfund, was a national fraternal insurance association for Danish immigrant males. Formed in Omaha, Nebraska in 1881 as an outgrowth of several Danish immigrant veterans organizations, the organization was initially open to "honorable men, born of Danish parents or who were of Danish extraction." The first six lodges were chartered in July of 1882, and other lodges soon arose in many communities where significant numbers of Danes had settled. The organization provided a forum for nurturing Danish culture and language as well as providing financial assistance to members in case of death or illness. Some 350 lodges were in the United States along with three in British Columbia and one in Copenhagen, Denmark. In 1916, a monthly publication titled "Det danske Brodersamfunds Blad" ("The Danish Brotherhood Magazine"), later renamed The American Dane, began to further communication among members and lodges. After 1920, as Danish immigration lessened and the number of eligible males dwindled, lodges opened their membership to include American-born daughters and later spouses and children of lodge members. The DBIA gradually evolved into a social organization for the entire family. Some lodges were disbanded after a few decades due to economic conditions or changes in the ethnic base of their communities. Remaining members were then transferred to nearby lodges or paid their insurance premiums directly to organization headquarters in Omaha (Lodge #600). In August 1995, the insurance function of the DBIA was merged into Woodmen of the World and/or Assured Life Association. A number of DBIA lodges remain active today as organizations that promote the pride of Danish culture and origin. |
Images |
274\1993061001.JPG |
Accession number |
1993.061 |