Photo Record
Images
Metadata
Object Identification Number |
2000.028.007 |
Object Name |
Print, Photographic |
Donor |
Rye, Jack |
Description |
Black and white photograph of a group of men and women with luggage standing in front of a building. They are dressed in suits or shirtsleeves and dresses, and many have hats. The clapboard beuiling behind them has a larged arched entrance with a banner hanging from it. At the top is a sign reading "BonVoyage". There are two flags on poles over it - Danish and American - and above those is a Danish flag centered between two American flags. The photo has a thin white border on the left and right sides. There is a piece of white paper attached to the back of the photograph, and the description appears over the top of the photo on the front side. The typed words read: "Ready to depart / May 16, 1936, from front / of DAAC on Washtenaw Ave. / (See photos 2A and 2B.)" Handwritten on the back of the photo is ""HERE COMES / THE BUS!"" It is printed on Agfa-Lupex paper. |
Print Size |
2 1/2" x 3 1/4" |
Creation Date |
05/16/1936 |
Place of Creation |
United States/Illinois/Cook County/Chicago/Washtenaw Avenue |
Search Terms |
United States Illinois Cook County Chicago, Illinois Washtenaw Avenue, Chicago DAAC Danish American Athletic Club gymnastics athletics bus luggage traveling American flag Danish flag Dannebrog Bon Voyage |
Given In Memory Of |
In memory of Aage Curt Rye & Karen Iversen Rye |
Date Received by Museum |
04/03/2000 |
Provenance |
This photograph shows a group of members of the Danish Amercican Athletic Club - DAAC - ready to depart for a 1936 trip to Denmark. They are waiting for their bus in front of the DAAC building on Washtenaw Avenue in Chicago, Illinois. -------- This accession relates to the Danish American Athletic Club (DAAC); specifically a trip the club took in 1936 to Denmark. The trip was organized over a period of two years; one of the primary organizers was Holger Hansen, a sports fan and supporter of DAAC. The tour was a month long, and the visitors stayed in the homes of people who volunteered to house them. The economy was tight at the time, so every one of the 32 or so participants had to save to afford the trip. They did receive a stipend at the end from ticket sales. In addition to gymnastics and folk dancing, the D.A.A.C. wanted to show the Danes, in the words of club member Jack A. Rye, "something truly American." To do this, the group reached out to Ho-Chunk speaker and educator Robert Whirling Thunder, who was living and working in Chicago at the time. Whirling Thunder worked with the members for months, teaching them multiple Native dances and leading them in their performances throughout Denmark. Whirling Thunder's wife, Marion, also attended the trip. |
Images |
151\2000028007.JPG |
Accession number |
2000.028 |
Collection |
Danish Communities / Illinois / Chicago |