Photo Record
Images
Metadata
Object Identification Number |
1985.010.029 |
Object Name |
Print, Photographic |
Donor |
Cripps, John |
Description |
One of thirty-four black and white photographs that were in an album owned by Johannes Otto Petersen. This is a black and white photograph of two men standing outdoors on wooden steps with trees in the background and stones in the front bottom. The man standing to the viewer's right is wearing pants, a light-colored long-sleeved shirt, and suspenders. He has medium-colored hair that hangs down on his forehead. He is holding a cigar in his proper left hand which is hooked in and hanging from his suspenders. The man on the viewer's left is wearing bib overalls with a white long-sleeved shirt with rolled up sleeves. He is holding a light-colored work hat in his proper left hand that is behind his back. He has his right arm resting on something unseen. He has darker hair and is smoking. Behind the men are trees. On the back is written "15". |
Print Size |
2 3/4 x 4 7/16 |
Associated People |
Petersen, Johannes Otto |
Search Terms |
Petersen, Johannes Otto overalls suspenders outdoors woods |
Date Received by Museum |
12/1984 |
Provenance |
The photos in this accession relate to the donor's step-father's younger brother Johannes Otto Petersen. Shortly before his death he had given John an album of photos taken during his years in the U.S. Johannes Otto Petersen's hometown was Fredericia, Denmark. He worked in the 1920s as a linotypist with the Danish Lutheran Publishing House in Nebraska. On his return to Denmark he spent the rest of his life as a linotypist with Politiken Newspaper. He died in 1982. The donor removed the photographs from their original album. June Sampson identified some of the locations in the photographs in her Thank You Letter to the donor as Blair, Nebraska; Racine, Wisconsin; California; and Montana. |
Images |
136\1985010029.JPG |
Accession number |
1985.010 |