Photo Record
Images
Metadata
Object Identification Number |
2005.059.005 |
Object Name |
Print, Photographic |
Donor |
Norskov, Ellen |
Description |
Black and white photograph of a group of young male gymnasts. They are arranged in three rows - the first seated with their arms crossed, the next kneeling, and the final standing. There are seventeen boys in total and one instructor, who stands at the back center in a light-colored outfit (Chris B. Petersen). The others in the photo wear dark short-sleeve tops and light-colored pants or knickers. There is a faux background behind them. The studio mark is in the lower right corner of the mat: "A. Diercks / DANNEBROG, NEB" Blue handwriting at the top left on the back reads, "Christ Petersen with white shirt". |
Print Size |
12 x 10 |
Creation Date |
post-1925 |
Studio |
A. Diercks |
Place of Creation |
United States/Nebraska/Howard County/Nysted |
Associated People |
Petersen, Chris B. Petersen, Christian Brun |
Search Terms |
United States Nebraska Howard County Nysted, Nebraska Dannebrog, Nebraska Nysted Folk School højskole gymnastics male gymnasts children boys Petersen, Chris B. Petersen, Christian Brun A. Diercks |
Given In Memory Of |
In Memory of Chris B. Petersen |
Date Received by Museum |
11/01/2005 |
Provenance |
This photograph shows a gymnastics team, likely at the Nysted Folk School in Nebraska. Chris B. Petersen was the gymnastics instructor there after his family moved to Dannebrog, Nebraska in 1925. --------------- Christian Brun Petersen - Pedersen before immigrating - was born April 25, 1882 in Denmark. He came to the United States at the age of 18, about 1900-1901. He settled first in Woodstock, Illinois, where he worked in a creamery, as he had done in Denmark. Chris then moved to Exira, Iowa and worked as manager and butter-maker of the Exira Creamery until 1924. While there, he married Karen (Carrie) Jensen (b. 1895). In 1925, their family moved to the Danish community of Dannebrog, Nebraska. The Nysted Folk School was about four miles away and he taught gymnastics there. According to his daughter, Christian was the first to teach Swedish gymnastics in the United States. From 1936-1942, he owned the Albion Creamery Company. He died in 1958 and Carrie in the 1980's. Ellen (Petersen) Norskov was born in Exira, Iowa on May 2, 1918. When she was six years old, her family moved to Dannebrog. She met her future husband at the Nysted Folk School. After graduating high school, she worked in Albion, Nebraska as a switchboard operator from 1936-1940. On October 8, 1940, she married Arnold Leonard Norskov (1917-1993). They have five children: Mary Ellen Norskov, Cheryl (Terry) Twiestmeyer, Julie (Jack) Adkins, Tom (Mary) Norskov and Alida (Gary) Lamb. |
Images |
309\2005059005-2.JPG |
Accession number |
2005.059 |