Photo Record
Images
Metadata
Object Identification Number |
2002.058.001 |
Object Name |
Print, Photographic |
Donor |
Maigaard, Ronald P. |
Description |
Black and white photo of the three story Danish Young People's Home. The clapboard house is a light color with dark trim around the windows. There is a small front porch in the center with four white pillars and a number of dark wooden chairs on the porch. The house has a brick foundation and a brick chimney that runs from the ground up through the roof on the left. There are dormer windows on the top floor, and four windows on each floor on the front of the house. The side has an additional six windows, and there are some windows in the brick foundation. There is a small tree in the front yard, and small shrubs around the sides of the porch. In the background are more trees, and to the viewer's right is another house. |
Print Size |
10 x 8 |
Place of Creation |
USA/IA/Des Moines/Danish Young People's Home |
Associated People |
Maigaard, Martinus P. |
Search Terms |
Danish Young People's Home Des Moines, Iowa house home |
Subjects |
Danish Young People's Home |
Given In Memory Of |
In memory of Martinus P. Maigaard |
Date Received by Museum |
04/08/2002 |
Provenance |
This photograph is of the Danish Young People's Home in Des Moine, Iowa. Pictures are from donor's father's collection. The donor's father was Martinus P. Maigaard. The donor's father immigrated to the US from Tæbring on Mors Island in July 1913. He helped construct the Danish Young People's Home. He lived there for 8 years before he was married. He was fond of his years spent at the Home. The Danish Young People's Home was located on Boyd Ave (between E. 9th and E. 12th Streets) in Des Moines, Iowa. It was likely constructed between 1915-1920 by immigrant tradesmen. This was a home for many young men and women who immigrated to America from Denmark between ca. 1910-1950. This is where they began their new lives in America. The home was owned by the Danish Young People's Society up until sometime in the 1950s, when it was sold to Grand View College. For many years Grand View College used this home as a residence for some faculty, seminary students, and later college students. The donor says about the home: "Many of the young people met their 'lifetime partners' here and assimilated into the American way of life by marrying, having a strong work ethic, buying/building their own homes and raising their families. They never forgot where they came from and were able to continue with their strong, rich Danish traditions as many other ethnic groups did. This was the beauty of the making of our American Society." |
Images |
057\2002058001.JPG |
Accession number |
2002.058 |
Collection |
Danish Communities / Iowa |