Object Record
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Metadata
Accession number |
1991.106 |
Object Identification Number |
1991.106.018 |
Object Name |
Clip, Tie |
Donor |
Hansen, Rita Neergaard |
Description |
A tie clip. The tie cilp is made of metal, possibly gold plated. There are two bars connected with a band of the metal in the center. The clip is slightly curved. The band has engraved print on on side that reads "ROLLED / PLATE." The lower bar has "BARRY" engraved on the surface on one side. "PAT" and possibly a date are seen on other side of band. The Deed describes the object as a tie clip, but the object may be a hair clip. |
Dimensions |
H-0.188 W-0.125 L-1.875 inches |
Owned By |
Neergaard, Christian |
Material |
Metal |
Associated People |
Neergaard, Christian Hansen, Rita Neergaard |
Search Terms |
Neergaard, Christian Hansen, Rita Neergaard |
Provenance |
The tie clip belonged to the donor's father, Christian Neergaard, a Danish immigrant. ------------------------------------------ Peder (b. March 5, 1847, d. Apr. 4, 1923 in Kenosha) and Kirsten (Simonsen) Neergaard were farmers from Nødager (the Grenaa-Æbeltoft area of Jutland) with their three sons, Christian, Achton, and Sophus. They came to the U.S. on the ship Thinkably in 1888 (Christian was 17, Achton 15, and Sophus 13), and docked in Canada. Peder and the boys worked with maintain of the Canadian railroad, living in a boxcar with Kirsten as housekeeper. They ended up on the West Coat, came across the border into Washington state, lived in Kent for awhile, and then worked their way east to Wisconsin. They stayed in Neenah for a time, and then settled in Kenosha. Kirsten died in 1905. Peder wrote to Kirsten's sister Maren and asked her to come to America to help keep house. Maren came with a friend, Olivia Poulsen, and Olivia and Christian married in 1907. In 1908, the donor's sister Kirsten was born, and Rita followed in 1912. Olivia died in 1930. In 1937, Kirsten and Rita took Civil Service exams and were called to work for the government in Washington, D.C. Christian went with them. In 1940, when the Nazis invaded Denmark, the U.S. government established a Consulate in Reykjavik, Iceland (at that time part of Denmark), and Rita was chosen to go there for two years. At that point, she was transferred to Stockholm, Sweden and was there for a year before returning to Washington, D.C. In 1944, Christian died. When the war was over in 1945, Kirsten and Rita were asked to go to Denmark on separate assignments, so they went to Copenhagen. Rita met Roy Hansen at the Danish church in Kenosha, and married in December of 1950. Roy was in the Army at the time. Kirsten, Rita's sister, died in July of 1987. Rita died in the summer of 2009. |
Images |
155\1991106018.JPG |
Date Received by Museum |
03/15/1991 |