Photo Record
Images
Metadata
Object Identification Number |
1985.055.038 |
Object Name |
Print, Photographic |
Donor |
Johnson, Mrs. Agnes |
Description |
Black and white photograph of an elderly woman - Johanne Maren Jochumsdatter Hansen - standing in a flower garden. She is wearing a long dark-colored dress with a light-colored floral pattern. Her gray hair is pulled up and back. Johanne is standing on a rock path that winds back to a small hill, which is covered with more flowers and trees. The photograph has a white border. Handwriting on the back reads, "Johanne M. Hansen 1938 / Detroit". This is one of nine photographs called "individuals in snapshots and postcard" that belonged to Agnes (Jorgensen) Johnson. |
Print Size |
3.25 x 4.25 |
Creation Date |
1938 |
Place of Creation |
United States/Michigan/Wayne County/Detroit |
Associated People |
Hansen, Johanne Maren Jochumsdatter |
Search Terms |
United States Michigan Wayne County Detroit, Michigan Hansen, Johanne Maren Jochumsdatter Johnson, Agnes Jorgensen garden flowers |
Date Received by Museum |
1985 |
Provenance |
This photograph shows Johanne Maren Jochumsdatter Hansen in Detroit, Michigan in 1938. This photograph shows Johanne Maren (Jochumsdatter) Hansen in an automobile. She was born in Denmark on October 10, 1849 to parents Jochum Tonnesen and Kirstine Ane Nielsdatter. She married Jens Peter Hansen, a harness maker in Nykobing Falster, Denmark who died in 1899. She approached her son-in-law, Carl Kreipke, about the possibility of the family emigrating to the U.S. Jens Peter’s cousin, Rasmus Hansen, had earlier immigrated to America and owned a lumber business in Grayling, Michigan. Rasmus convinced Johanne that she should immigrate for her children's future. Moreover, Johanne's eldest daughter, Anna, had already immigrated to Grayling and married Rasmus Hansen’s brother. So, in 1901, Johanne came to the U.S. with six children ages 5 to 20. She returned to Denmark twice – in 1908 and 1920 – to visit and died in 1940. See files 1985.055 and 1985.120 for additional family history information. For more family information see files 1985.055 and 1985.120. |
Images |
172\1985055038.JPG |
Accession number |
1985.055 |