Photo Record
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Metadata
Object Identification Number |
1996.026.056 |
Object Name |
Print, Photographic |
Donor |
Kirkegaard, Sven/Kazenske, Doris Kirkegaard |
Description |
Black and white profile photograph of Jens Jensen. He is wearing a light-colored zip-up jacket with a dark collar. He has thinning, wispy white hair combed back with a full, white mustache and bushy eyebrows. He is smiling. There is a curtain in the background. There is a watermark running across the back which reads "KODAK / VELOX / PAPER". Stamped on the back is "820". |
Print Size |
4 x 5 1/16 |
Associated People |
Jensen, Jens |
Search Terms |
Jensen, Jens Landscape architect garden park prairie |
Given In Memory Of |
In Memory of Hans and Thora Kirkegaard |
Date Received by Museum |
02/15/1996 |
Provenance |
This photograph is of Jens Jensen, the landscape architect. Hans V. Kirkegaard, the donors father, immigrated to the USA in 1926 but made the trip to back to Tolne, Denmark in 1949 for his parent's golden wedding anniverary on April 27, 1949. His wife, Thora, wrote a special poem for the occasion. In 1958 as president of the Danish National Committee, Hans returned to Denmark once again being honored as "Mayor for a Day" of Aalborg. Hans Kirkegaard was very active in Chicago's Danish American community during the first half of the 20th century. |
Images |
136\1996026056.JPG |
Accession number |
1996.026 |