Photo Record
Images
Metadata
Object Identification Number |
1988.004.042 |
Object Name |
Print, Photographic |
Donor |
Sloth, Selma |
Description |
Black and white photograph of a man and woman on a paperboard mat. The woman (viewer's left) has long hair behind her back and is wearing a dark dress with a light colored collar. The man (viewer's right) has a full beard and is wearing a dark colored shirt and suit. There is printed text on the viewer's right border: "Carl Christensen / Gothersgade 17, / FREDERICIA.". In the right hand corner is handwritten text: "1886". There is printed text on the back: "Høieste Udmærvelse / INDUSTRI / [illegible] TILLINGEN / FREDERICIA / 1893", "sølvmedaille 1891. / FOR / DUELIGHTED / OG / SNILLE.", "CARL / CHRISTENSEN / Fotografisk Etablissement / FREDERICIA / Gothersgade 17. / Pladen opbevales / No." and Mustergeschülzt W. 36". There is also handwritten text on the back: "Min Far & Mar 1886", "1886 / Hans & Ane Koch / Probably their / wedding / photograph / in Denmark / In 1890 they came to / America for the / first time - to Ashland / Mich." and "10023". |
Print Size |
4 1/8" x 2 9/16" |
Photographer |
Christensen, Carl |
Creation Date |
1886 |
Place of Creation |
Denmark/Jutland/Fredericia |
Associated People |
Mikkelsen Koch, Hans Jakobsen Koch, Ane Christensen, Carl |
Search Terms |
Mikkelsen Koch, Hans Jakobsen, Ane Koch, Ane Jutland Fredericia Christensen, Carl |
Date Received by Museum |
1988 |
Provenance |
Pictured here are Hans and Ane Koch in 1886. Hans Mikkelsen Koch (1861-1954) was born in southern Jutland in the Slesvig-Holstein area. He was the son of a coppersmith, Jorgen R. Koch, and his mother was Meta Marie Ravenskov Koch. Hans' uncle Peter Christian Koch was at one time the editor of Dannevirke, a Danish newspaper. At 18, Hans fled to Denmark to avoid military service in the German army. He later became an apprentice to a German brickmaker in Denmark, traveling from farm to farm. At the end of this apprenticeship, Hans took a position as brickmaker on a large estate near Askov Højskole in Jutland. It was called Dorotheasminde near the town of Vejen. While working there, Hans met Ane Jakobsen who was a buttermaker on the estate. She was from Vitved, and was the daughter of Simon Jakobsen. They married in 1886. In 1893, Hans and Ane immigrated to the U.S., but when they returned to Denmark because of the depression in the U.S., Hans and his brother Rasmus built a brickyard called Mølledal. In 1908, Hans and Ane and their family returned to the U.S. to stay. |
Images |
187\1988004042.JPG |
Accession number |
1988.004 |