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Metadata
Object Identification Number |
2011.025.016 |
Object Name |
Print, Photographic |
Donor |
Hansen, Dallas D. |
Description |
Black and white photograph of an early 20th-century style car with three people inside. The driver, in the front seat with his hands on the steering wheel, is a young man. He wears a dark jacket, light-colored shirt, and mid-toned hat. There are two people in the back seat - a woman on the viewer right and a man on the viewer left. The woman is wearing a dark dress and the man wears a light-toned jacket and hat with lighter-colored shirt. The car's top is folded down behind the couple in the backseat. Just in front of and at the bottom center of the windshield is a number "34585" and then smaller illegible letters and numbers on the driver's side. The wheels are open and have thick spokes and thin rubber tires on the outside. It is parked on the grass of a lawn. The background includes trees, likely obscuring a house, a picket fence, and a Windsor side chair to the viewer left. The photo is attached to black matteboard. The outer edge of the matteboard has been covered by black tape. On back is family history information, written in blue, black, and red ink. It is oriented as if the photo were vertical, reading right to left when held "right side up" according to the image. The text reads as follows: "Mr Niels A Hansen Born / Dec-28-1859- Died / Jan-14-1949- Mrs Niels A Hansen May-8-1865- Jan-11-1917 Sophia K Jacobsen Ole J Hansen July-16-1889- Born Here-Shelby County-Jackson Township- / Sec-23- Taken-1912- Niels, Sophia and Ole J. Hansen (driver) 1912" In the upper left corner is "Ardll" and in the lower left is "Dallas Hansen". |
Print Size |
12 x 10 1/8 |
Creation Date |
1912 |
Place of Creation |
United States |
Associated People |
Hansen, Ole J. Hansen, Niels Hansen, Sophia |
Search Terms |
Hansen, Ole J. Hansen, Niels Hansen, Sophia family driving automobile vehicle car rubber tires Model T Touring Car |
Given In Memory Of |
In Memory of Niels A. Hansen & Sophia Kathrine Jacobsen Hansen |
Date Received by Museum |
09/02/2011 |
Provenance |
This photo features Ole J. Hansen and Niels and Sophia Hansen. Ole is Niels' and Sophia's son and is at the driver's seat. Hans Andersen Hansen and Niels Andersen Hansen, sons of Anders Hansen Johansen and Karoline (Caroline Coobs) Koobs, were brothers who emigrated from Denmark to Shelby County, Iowa and settled in the Jacksonville, Kimballton, and Harlan communities. Another brother and two sisters also immigrated though no information is available about them. Niels and Hans built a general store on south main street in Kimballton, but sold it about 1905 to Rasmus P. Larsen, and bought a farm in Jacksonville. Niels Andersen Hansen was born Dec. 28, 1859 in Visby, Tønder, Denmark. He immigrated in 1880 and married Sophia K. Jacobsen (b. May 8, 1865) on May 8, 1885 in Sharon Township, Audubon, IA. The two had three children. Niels was assistant postmaster in Kimballton, IA to Hans J. Jorgensen, founder of the town. In 1885, Niels purchased a farm, called the "homeplace," located northwest of Kimballton. In 1916 Niels built a house in Kimballton and retired from the farm. After Sophia died on Jan. 11, 1917, Niels returned to the farm to live with his son Ole J., and then moved to Harlan where he lived for more than 25 years with his daughter Lena. Niels died Jan. 14, 1949, and Sophia on Jan. 11, 1917. Hans Andersen Hansen was born March 12, 1849 in Døstrup, Tønder, Denmark. He immigrated to the U.S. in 1871 and married Christina (Kristina Luisa Heick) Hieck (b. 1859) on April 18, 1879 in Clinton, IA, USA. The two had six children. Hans died in 1938 in Harlan, IA. Niels Andersen Hansen is the donor's grandfather. Niels and Hans are on the Wall of Honor. __________________ Ole Hansen Jacobsen is also documented in these photos. His daughter Sophie married Niels Hansen (above). Ole's son Ole, Jr. started Crystal Springs Creamery in Kimballton and became a State Legislator. Ole Hansen Jacobsen (Sr.) was born Nov. 22, 1833 in Rise, Svendborg, Denmark to parents Christen Jacobsen and Gertrude Olesdatter. He married Sophie Cathrine Pedersen (b. 1835) on Feb. 19, 1858, in Rise, and they immigrated to the U.S. in 1869. The two had seven children. (FHGC research found that one child, Claus Pedersen Jacobsen was born in 1859, but died within a few months. On the 1880 census information, a "Chris Jacobsen" is listed as born in 1859. FHGC researchers feel that this child may have been an illegitimate child or "adopted" by the family since it would be impossible for both Chris and Claus to be born the same month and year if they were not twins.) In 1875, Ole (Sr.) and Sophie moved to the home in Kimballton, south and west of town and west of the brick yard. Ole died on his farm there on Nov. 1, 1916. His wife Sophie had passed away June 7, 1914. __________________ There are a few photos of the Mathiasen family who had a farm near Redline, IA. FHGC researchers indicated they had married into the Jacobsen family. |
Images |
137\2011025016.JPG |
Accession number |
2011.025 |