Photo Record
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Metadata
Object Identification Number |
2001.181.087 |
Object Name |
Print, Photographic |
Donor |
Cobb, Elna M. |
Description |
Black and white photograph of thirteen young women in athletic uniforms. They are standing in a line outside a clapboard building - the Young People's Home in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Their uniforms include a light-colored short-sleeved shirt with dark tie, dark puffy short pants, and dark hose and shoes. "[illegible] 1915" is printed in white at the bottom. The photo is mounted on gray paperboard, and written in ink below each of the girls is a number from 1-13. 7, 8, and 12 are underlined. Handwriting on the back corresponds to the numbers on the front. The women are identified as: "2 Aunt Dagny Birkholm (sister of my mother / Sophie Birkholm) / 3 Agethe (Dodie) Larsen / 4 Agnes Birkholm / 5 Mabel Sorensen / 6 Hanna Haar from Denmark / 9 Marie Buck from Denmark / 10 Ceceilia Jacobsen from Askov, Mn. / 11 Augusta Paulsen from Askov, Mn. / 13 Martha Kirkegaard from Denmark / our teacher". Below that is written, "Summer of 1915 / Taken outside Young Peoples' Home / Danish / in Minneapolis, Mn. / on Lake Street". |
Print Size |
8 7/8 x 7 |
Creation Date |
1915 |
Place of Creation |
United States/Minnesota/Hennepin County/Minneapolis |
Associated People |
Larsen, Vilhelm Larsen, Vilelm Rasmus Larsen, Agnethe Birkholm, Dagny Birkholm, Sophie Birkholm, Agnes Sorensen, Mabel Hoar, Hanna Haar, Hannah Buck, Marie Jacobsen, Ceceilia Paulsen, Augusta Kirkegaard, Martha |
Search Terms |
Larsen, Vilhelm Larsen, Vilelm Rasmuss gymnastics athletics Larsen, Agnethe Danish Young People's Home Minneapolis, Minnesota Birkholm, Dagny Birkholm, Agnes Sorensen, Mabel Hoar, Hanna Buck, Marie Jacobsen, Ceceilia Paulsen, Augusta Kirkegaard, Martha |
Given In Memory Of |
In Memory of Vilhelm Rasmus Larsen |
Date Received by Museum |
05/18/2001 |
Provenance |
This photograph shows a young women's gymnastics team outside the Danish Young People's Home in Minneapolis, Minnesota during 1915. Some of the women are identified. They include: Dagny Birkholm, Agethe Dodie Larsen, Agnes Birkholm, Mabel Sorensen, Hanna Haar, Marie Buck, Ceceilia Jacobsen, Augusta Paulsen, and Martha Kirkegaard. See description for details. ----------------------- Vilhelm Rasmus Larsen was born in 1887 in Copenhagen, Denmark. He was interested in art from a young age. In 1907 at the age of 20, he immigrated to Jewell, Iowa. He later homesteaded in Florida, went to college, and became a physical education teacher. He taught in the Minneapolis Public School System for 40 years, and occasionally at the Institute of Arts. He coached high school athletic teams, and especially enjoyed track and hockey. One of his pieces is a large fountain carved in marble depicting pioneer life in Minnesota and the people who settled there. He was commissioned to do this and it stood in the Gateway in Minneapolis for years before being moved to the Rose Garden by Lake Harriet. His most outstanding work was a lifesized bust called "The Pioneer Woman." His model was his wife's grandmother, Rasmine, herself a pioneer in 1850. This piece was last known to be on display at the museum in Bone Lake, Wisconsin. In 1916, Vilhelm married Agnethe Cecelia Larsen (1896-1987), whose parents and grandparents were also immigrants. They had two children: Elna Marion and Godfrey Vilhelm ("Nick"). Larsen was a vital part of Camp Mishawaka, a summer camp for boys in northern Minnesota near Grand Rapids, for 34 years. He died on the shores of Lake Pokegama in 1967 where a flagpole is dedicated to his memory. |
Images |
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Accession number |
2001.181 |