Photo Record
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Metadata
Object Identification Number |
1998.100.026 |
Object Name |
Print, Photographic |
Donor |
Garner, Sigrund H. |
Description |
Black and white photograph of a group of mostly young women posed in three rows outside a light-colored clapboard building. The first rowis seated with their legs together and hands mostly on their knees, the second are standing on the stairs, and the third is standing at the top of the porch stairs. They are wearing sleeveless or short-sleeved tops and shorts. In the center of the first row is a man holding a small boy. There is another man standing on the far viewer right. The photo has a white border, and written across the top is, "Gym class at Danebod Summer School '33". Handwriting on the back reads, "Sigrund / 2nd row /2nd from left / white hair band". |
Print Size |
5 x 2.875 |
Creation Date |
1933 |
Place of Creation |
United States/Minnesota/Lincoln County/Tyler/Danebod |
Associated People |
Tarnow, Viggo Garner, Sigrund H. |
Search Terms |
United States Minnesota Lincoln County Tyler, Minnesota Danebod gymnastics summer school Tarnow, Viggo Garner, Sigrund H. |
Given In Memory Of |
In Memory of Mr. and Mrs. George Holm |
Date Received by Museum |
08/07/1998 |
Provenance |
This photograph shows the gymnastics class at the Danebod Folk School summer program in 1933. Sigrund H. Garner is in the second row with the white headband. It is possible the man at the center is Viggo Tarnow. ----------- Sigrund (Holm) Garner was born April 18, 1917 in Tyler, Minnesota. She was baptized on May 17, 1917. Sigrund attended a Danish one-room school in Tyler until 4th grade. She was taught English in the morning and Danish in the afternoon. She graduated from Tyler High School in 1935. The donor attended folk school in the summer where she was taught gymnastics, folk dancing, Danish songs, handcrafts including knitting and crochet, and Danish fairytales. After high school, she attended Mankato State Teacher's College for elementary education for three years, hoping to be a teacher. In 1940 she married Franklin Hadd. Over the next few years she moved to California, Austin, Minnesota, and finally to Baltimore, Maryland. She had one daughter, Jacqueline, who was born in 1940. Sigrund was active in various flower and plant clubs and shows. She married Thomas A. Garner in 1989. Her father, George Holm, and maternal grandparents Jorgen Johansen and Kristine Haufgaard Johansen are on the museum's Wall of Honor. |
Images |
151\1998100026.JPG |
Accession number |
1998.100 |