Object Record
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Metadata
Accession number |
2009.017 |
Object Identification Number |
2009.017.008 |
Object Name |
Ball, Golf |
Donor |
Bornhoft, Margie |
Description |
One of three white golf balls found in Johan Johansen's golf bag. This ball has two printed spots on it. One is a small blue "2" above a red "Dunlop" above a small blue dot with a thin blue border around it. On the opposite side of the ball is a small blue "2", a red "Maxfli", and another small blue dot with blue border. Elsewhere on the ball is in blue "___ MAX" (the initial part of the name or phrase is illegible). |
Dimensions |
Dia-1.625 inches |
Made By |
Dunlop |
Owned By |
Johansen, Johan/Johansen, Eilif |
Used By |
Johansen, Johan/Johansen, Eilif |
Material |
plastic/rubber |
Associated People |
Johansen, Johan Johansen, Eilif |
Search Terms |
Johansen, Johan Johansen, Eilif golf sports Dunlop |
Given In Memory Of |
In Memory of Eilif Johansen |
Provenance |
This piece belonged to Johan Johansen, the donor's paternal grandfather. It could have also been used by his son Eilif as the two played golf together. Hans Peter Johansen became Johnsen/Johnson after immigrating and settling in Sac County, Iowa, but changed it back after moving to Tyler, Minnesota. His wife was Marie Haugard. Their children were, in order of birth, Anna, Johan (b. 1888), Christian, and Peter B. (b. 1895, d. 1988). Johan married Sigrid Hansen, daughter of Hans and Frederikke. Their children were (in order) Ove, Gunver, Eilif, Valborg, Halvor, and Svend. Johan was a bus driver for Tyler and drove kids to the Danish school. Eilif was the donor's father. He grew up in Tyler, attended the Danish school through about 6th grade (his siblings only went through 2nd or 3rd grade). He attended Grand View College (now University) in Des Moines, Iowa for two years. He also served during WWII. As an adult he trained and did field work with black labs, and then had his mink farm. He also worked in his father's hardware store in Tyler, and later owned it himself. The farm that Margie lives on was owned previously by her father Eilif, though the latter never lived there. He instead had the house for his hired hand. Eilif lived in town, and used this place as a mink farm. Margie and her husband purchased the house from Eilif in the mid 1970s, and then built a new brick home just south of the original wood structure. Johan and Eilif played golf together, and Johan was instrumental in establishing the Tyler golf course. ____________________________ Object included in the exhibition "Sports for Sports' Sake: Athletes and Ethnicity in Danish America" from April 23, 2016-September 4, 2017. |
Images |
163\2009017008.JPG |
Date Received by Museum |
06/01/2009 |