Object Record
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Metadata
Accession number |
1989.017 |
Object Identification Number |
1989.017.003 |
Object Name |
Tablecloth |
Donor |
Kruse, Lavone |
Description |
Tablecloth. Made from white cotton and almost square in shape. Tablecloth is created from a grid of knotted threads, giving this tablecloth a net-like appearance. Fringe tassels on all sides. Tablecloth has the initials "BL / HK" in the proper center. Border of large leaves on all sides. |
Dimensions |
W-49 L-54 inches |
Made By |
Kruse, Adoliphine |
Creation Date |
c. 1910? |
Place Of Origin |
Denmark |
Owned By |
Kruse, Hagbarth/Long, Bessie |
Material |
cotton |
Associated People |
Kruse, Hagbarth Long, Bessie Kruse, Lavone Kruse, Adoliphine |
Search Terms |
Kruse, Hagbarth Long, Bessie Denmark tablecloth Kruse, Lavone Kruse, Adoliphine wedding initials South Dakota Arlington leaves net |
Provenance |
This tablecloth and a doily (1989.017.002) were wedding presents to the donor's parents. The donor's father was Hagbarth Kruse and the donor's mother was Bessie Ethel Long. The tablecloth and doily were made in Denmark by Hagbarth's mother. The initials "BL" and "HK" on the tablecloth are for Bessie Long and Hagbarth Kruse. The donor' s father, Hagbarth Kruse, was born 16 April 1882 in Denmark (possibly in Tred per Knebel). Hagbarth learned the blacksmith trade in Denmark. Hagbarth immigrated to the United States and settled in the state of South Dakota in 1906. He worked as a blacksmith in Lake Preston and later set up his own shop in Arlington. Hagbarth married Bessie Ethel Long on 19 October 1910. Bessie had been born in Grant County, Wisconsin, on 25 August 1887. Hagbarth and Bessie had two daughters and one son. Hagbarth sold his shop in Arlington in 1926 and moved to De Smet, where he worked as the Kingabury County Sheriff until 1931. He returned to Arlington, running a heating and plumbing business among other jobs before eventually became the town's Chief of Police in 1948. His wife, Bessie, ran a maternity home from their house. Bessie died at the age of 73, and Hagbarth died at the age of 87. They are both buried in Arlington. |
Images |
014\1989017003.JPG |
Date Received by Museum |
1989 |