Photo Record
Images
Metadata
Object Identification Number |
1985.055.022 |
Object Name |
Print, Photographic |
Donor |
Johnson, Mrs. Agnes |
Description |
Black and white photograph of a group of six people in front of a light-colored clapboard house with dark trim. Viewer left to right, they include a standing woman in a dark dress who holds an upset baby in a gown and bonnet on her proper right hip; two men in dark suits, ties, and light-colored shirts sitting on the stoop; a woman in a light-colored dress sitting on the viewer right man's leg; and a standing woman in a light-colored skirt and top with a dark sweater. The photograph has a white border. Handwriting on the back reads "JOHANNA HANSEN" with an arrow, likely identifying the woman on the viewer right on the front. This is one of 17 photos or photo postcards called "family group snapshots and postcard" that were owned by Agnes (Jorgensen) Johnson. |
Print Size |
4 x 3 |
Creation Date |
20th century |
Associated People |
Hansen, Johanna Hansen, Johanne Maren Jochumsdatter |
Search Terms |
Hansen, Johanna Hansen, Johanne Maren Jochumsdatter baby child Johnson, Agnes Jorgensen |
Date Received by Museum |
1985 |
Provenance |
This photograph shows a group of people including Johanna Hansen, identified as the woman on the viewer right. The woman's full name is likely Johanne Maren (Jochumsdatter) Hansen. 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. |
Images |
166\1985055022.JPG |
Accession number |
1985.055 |