Photo Record
Images
Metadata
Object Identification Number |
1997.110.015 |
Object Name |
Print, Photographic |
Donor |
Bacon, Muriel |
Description |
Black and white photo of Mille and Andreas Linnet and their baby. Mille is seated in an arm chair. The chair has bulbous arms and is upholstered. Mille is wearing a short sleeved satin-like dress with dark zig-zag trim at the V-neck line. Her hair is pulled up at the sides and is curled. She has a necklace on as well. Mille is turned toward the viewer's right, but is looking to the left of the camera and is smiling. The baby is wearing a long white christening gown with decorative ruffles. It is looking up at Mille. Andreas is seated on a different chair with a white wooden arm. He is turned to the viewer's left, and is looking just above the camera and is smiling. He is wearing a dark suit and bowtie. His arms are resting on Mille's chair. The edges are slightly scalloped, and there is an indented boarder near the edges. In the bottom left corner is a studio mark which reads "Atelier / Schwennesen / Tender". There is a piece of onion paper attached to the top of the photo as a cover. Nothing on the back. |
Print Size |
5 7/8 x 4 1/8 |
Studio |
Atelier Schwennesen Tender |
Place of Creation |
Denmark/Sonderjylland/Tønder |
Associated People |
Linnet, Mille Linnet, Andreas |
Search Terms |
Linnet, Mille Linnet, Andreas Atelier Schwennesen Tender family portrait christening baptism baby |
Provenance |
The subject in this photograph is Mille Linnet of Møgeltønder, Sonderjylland, Denmark. Muriel married Ove Muller June 1, 1939.Muriel married Ove Muller 1939. In the late 1940s, Andreas Linnet visited Kimballton with a Danish gymnastics team and stayed with Muriel. He told her that he was going to be married soon. Muriel decided to give the couple the wedding dress she wore in 1939 since Denmark was struggling after World War II. Andreas married Mille in 1947. The couple had four sons: Andreas, Henrik, Morten, and Oskar. Muriel and Andreas stayed in touch and exchanged photographs. In winter of 2016, Museum of Danish America intern Vincent Henriksen recognized Henrik Linnet in one of the photographs; Henrik was the father of one of Vincent's ex-girlfriends. Henrik still had the dress in his possession, and donated it to the museum (see 2017.003). When the dress arrived in the U.S., Executive Director John Mark and Vincent took the dress to Muriel so that she could see it. Vincent's account of the discovery, which was featured in the Spring 2017 America Letter, the Harlan Newspapers Special Section, and on the museum's intern blog, is in the accession file. Muriel Bacon's mother was Nettie Thomsen, and her father was Thomas B. Thomsen. The couple had ten children. Her maternal grandfather was Hans J. Jorgensen, who was born in Denmark and who helped found Kimballton. |
Images |
039\1997110015.JPG |
Accession number |
1997.110 |