Danske fotografer i Iowa
Peter Andersen, f. c. 1850
F. c. 1850 i Marstal, rejste 1889 fra Marstal til Audubon, Iowa.
Niels Larsen Hakkerup f. 1876
Och: evt. samme som N.L. Petersen? Also Known As: Hakkerup, N. L. Peter Andersen ? jvnf. ovenfor.
F. c. 1850?? i Marstal, rejste 1889 fra Marstal til Audubon, Iowa. Place of Birth: Ringsted, Denmark, Date of Birth: May 13, 1876, Gender: Male
Ethnicity: Danish-American
Studio: Photos by HAK. Locations: Address: Cedar Falls, Iowa. Address: Chicago, Illinois. Address: 113 Third Street, Bemidji, Minnesota. Dates of operation: 1922-1923. Address: 406 Beltrami Avenue, Bemidji, Minnesota Dates of operation: 1942. Address: 404 Beltrami Avenue, Bemidji, Minnesota Dates of operation: 1946. Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1900s; 1910s; 1920s; 1930s; 1940s
Stine Hansine Johansen, f. 1860
Udvandret 1894 fra Hillerød til Council Bluffs, Iowa.
Fotograf i Frederiksværk ca. fra 1890, i Helsinge ca. 1892. Vendte hjem igen, fotograf i Frederiksværk fra 1904.
Chr. Gottlieb Kaadt 1868-1905
Clinton, Iowa, New Mexico, (se også New Mexico)
N.L.Petersen, dss N.L. Hakkerup
Cedar Falls, Iowa, o. 1900
Kristine M. Sørensen, f. 1886,
Audubon, Iowa
F. c. 1850 i Marstal, rejste 1889 fra Marstal til Audubon, Iowa.
Niels Larsen Hakkerup f. 1876
Och: evt. samme som N.L. Petersen? Also Known As: Hakkerup, N. L. Peter Andersen ? jvnf. ovenfor.
F. c. 1850?? i Marstal, rejste 1889 fra Marstal til Audubon, Iowa. Place of Birth: Ringsted, Denmark, Date of Birth: May 13, 1876, Gender: Male
Ethnicity: Danish-American
Studio: Photos by HAK. Locations: Address: Cedar Falls, Iowa. Address: Chicago, Illinois. Address: 113 Third Street, Bemidji, Minnesota. Dates of operation: 1922-1923. Address: 406 Beltrami Avenue, Bemidji, Minnesota Dates of operation: 1942. Address: 404 Beltrami Avenue, Bemidji, Minnesota Dates of operation: 1946. Decades Worked in Minnesota: 1900s; 1910s; 1920s; 1930s; 1940s
Stine Hansine Johansen, f. 1860
Udvandret 1894 fra Hillerød til Council Bluffs, Iowa.
Fotograf i Frederiksværk ca. fra 1890, i Helsinge ca. 1892. Vendte hjem igen, fotograf i Frederiksværk fra 1904.
Chr. Gottlieb Kaadt 1868-1905
Clinton, Iowa, New Mexico, (se også New Mexico)
N.L.Petersen, dss N.L. Hakkerup
Cedar Falls, Iowa, o. 1900
Kristine M. Sørensen, f. 1886,
Audubon, Iowa
Christian M. Clausen (1833-1923?) og søn Axel Clausen (1864-?) St. Ansgar
The stereograph view belongs to Bill Jones, Washington DC.
CLAUSEN, CHRISTIAN M. (1833–1923?) Had studio in St. Ansgar, Mitchell County. Clausen may have died in 1923. His son was another St. Ansgar photographer, Axel J. Clausen. In 1880 federal census, Clausen is listed as painter, age 47, married to Ellen E. He was born in Denmark, she in Sweden. Had eight children. Address in 1885 state census was 1st and Washington. The 1885 census states their child who was 14 was born in Denmark but their child who was 11 was born in Iowa. The 1910 federal census declared him to be age 77 and a widower, having immigrated to the U.S. in 1871 and working as a house painter. There is an example of this photographer's work in the SHSI collection. He worked in the 1870s and 1880s. His views are often on cabinet mounts.
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CLAUSEN, AXEL J. (1864?–?) A. J. Clausen had a studio in St. Ansgar, Mitchell County, in the 1880s. His father was also a photographer, Christian M. The 1885 state census lists Alfred C. Clausen as being 21, a farm laborer who was born in Denmark. He was one of nine children to Christian and Elna (Ella?) There are three examples of this photographer's work in the SHSI collection. They show local scenes.
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Robert Petersen Dammand (1855-?), Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa 1880erne
DAMMAND, ROBERT PETERSON (1855–?) Dammand had a studio in Des Moines, Polk County in the 1880s. He worked in partnership as Daugherty & Dammand. A prominent series was “Views of Des Moines & Vicinity.” He was also in Harlan in 1885–1895 and is listed by Burgess in Oskaloosa in 1899. From Biographical History of Shelby and Audubon Counties, Iowa, 1889, p. 331: “Robert Peterson Dammand, photographer, Harlan, is a native of Denmark, born in Horsens, September 6, 1855. He is a son of P. R. and Elizabeth (Anderson) Dammand, natives of Denmark. When he was thirteen years old his father died. He was reared on a farm, and received his education in the common schools of his country, which he attended until he was fourteen years old. After leaving school he went on the farm, and remained a year and a half; then he went to the city of Horsens, where he engaged in various occupations until he came to America in 1873. He landed at Portland, Maine, and went from there to Montreal, Canada, he then went to Racine, Wisconsin, where he engaged in a wagon factory. He worked at this for some time, and then went on a farm, where he stayed for a year and a half and then returned to his native country. There he worked at the carpenter's trade for three years, and afterward attended school for awhile.
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At the age of twenty-two he entered the army, according to the requirements of the Danish government and served for fifteen months. After leaving the army he began the study of the photographer's art, and served an apprenticeship of eight months, when his employer died, and he again returned to his former trade of carpentering. He worked at that until 1880, when he, accompanied by his mother and sisters came to America and settled in Story City, Iowa. Here Mr. Dammand remained four months when he went to Des Moines and engaged in photography. Here he remained three years, and then went to Houghton, Michigan, where he resided one year. January 10, 1885, he came to Harlan and purchased the gallery of F. Reynolds and has since been doing a profitable and satisfactory business. Mr. Dammand was united in marriage August 11, 1887 to Mrs. Lettie Potter, who was a native of Whiteside County, Illinois and a daughter of Frederick Hille. Mr. and Mrs. Dammand are the parents of one child, Vera Lenore. Mrs. Dammand is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church and Mr. Dammand is a member of the Danish Lutheran Church. Politically he is independent.” There are two examples of this photographer's work in the SHSI collection. They are by the partnership of Daughtery & Dammand in Des Moines. He was also said to have produced Harlan stereographs.
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Kilde HER.
N. Hansen (1870-?) Ida Grove, Iowa
The Hansen Photo belongs to Bill Jones, Washington DC.
Ida Grove is not far from Elk Horn, in Western Iowa, compared to the other side of the state near Decorah, where so many Norwegians settled. From what I could detect, Ida Grove had many Holstein Germans and a few Danes as pioneer settlers. This N. Hansen might perhaps be the Neils Hansen buried in Ida Grove cemetery. http://iowagravestones.org/gs_view.php?id=17706
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Found him and he is Dansk and discussed in a 1897 town news article. "N. Hansen is a native of Denmark, but came to America in 1870 a poor man. He had a good trade, that of machinist. he came to Ida County in 1881 and began farming and he now owns two fine farms of 360 acres. He moved to Ida Grove in 1885 and opened up a photograph gallery, which he now operates. Mr. Hansen’s gallery is complete in all its equipment’s and he makes a specialty of landscapes, enlarging, views and India ink work, and in fact everything done in a first class photograph gallery." http://iagenweb.org/ida/directory/1897Centennial.htm
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Photo belongs to Bill Jones, Washington DC.
C. Sørensen, Cedar Falls, Iowa, 1880-1890erne
“C. Sorensen, Cedar Falls, Iowa” står der bl.a. som man kan se på de to kabinetkort herunder (og til højre).
Til højkre er det selvfølgelig som man ser et lille barn, som netop er blevet døbt, herunder en ung kvinde og et ægtepar. Chancen for at de er danske er vel til stede? Det fremgår af den danske udvandrerdatabase, at den blot 36 år gamle Claus Sørensen vendte tilbage til USA i 1882 efter et besøg i Danmark. Det passer også med, at de få endnu tilgængelige amerikanske kilder vedr. fotografi, omtaler ham som fungerende i Cedar Falls i 1880 og igen som der står 1895 til 1896. Der er bevaret en del billeder fra hans hånd og man må forestille sig, også når man ser hans billeder, at han var aktiv i adskillige år. Han omtales også at have taget stereobilleder og postkort. Kilde: www.iowahistory.org. (Han er kun omtalt kort med navn og år 1880 hos Ochsner). |
Photo left is mine, photo right belong to Bill Jones, Washington DC. Kabinet cards.
C. Sorensen, Cedar Falles, Iowa. Bill Jones. Cabinet card.
Photo C. Sorensen, Cedar Falls Iowa. Tilhører Bill Jones, US.Click here to edit.
Kirstine Sørensen (1886-?), Audubon, Iowa
(HISTORY OF AUDUBON COUNTY IOWA ITS PEOPLE, INDUSTRIES AND INSTITUTIONS H. F. ANDREWS Editor With Biographical Sketches of Representative Citizens and Genealogical Records of Many of the Old Families. ILLUSTRATED 1915. B. F. BOWEN & COMPANY, Inc.)
Kristine ]\1. Sorensen, a well-known photographer of Audubon, has made a remarkable success of her vocation. It is customary to speak of this man or that man as self-made, and in this respect Kristine M. Sorensen is well entitled to rank as a self-made woman, having worked her way unaided through the vicissitudes and adversities of life to an admirable and influential position in the business life of Audubon. Her success in business affairs has been due to her steady persistence, her unfailing integrity and excellent judgment qualities, which always assure success. Miss Sorensen enjoys the confidence and esteem of the public to a marked degree. Kristine M. Sorensen was born in Denmark on February 7, 1886, daughter of Jeppe and Johanna (Madsen) Sorensen, natives of that splendid little kingdom, who were married in their native country. Jeppe Sorensen, who now is practically retired from the more arduous duties of life, was a farmer and was also engaged in fishing, which vocation he carried on during the summer months. He also carried the mail across to the mainland, his home being on an island. Jeppe Sorensen and his wife were the parents of ten children, Soren Peter, Bodel, Marie, Mads, Olie, Kristine, Claus, Jens, Christian and Johanna, all of whom are living with the exception of Bodel and Marie. Mrs. Johanna (Madsen) vSorensen died in her native land, while her husband, who survives her, is still living in Denmark. |
Kristine M; Sorensen was educated in the public schools of her native county, and after leaving school took up the profession of teaching, which she continued for seven years in Denmark, after which she came to America, arriving in this country in September, 1913. She proceeded almost immediately to Cedar Falls, Iowa, where she remained for six months, at the end of which time she came to this county, locating at Audubon, where she opened a photograph gallery, and has been active as a photographer since that time. No better work in photography is done in Audubon county than that done at the studio of Kristine M. Sorensen, which enjoys a large and lucrative patronage, not only from the people of Audubon, but from the people of the county and surrounding country as well. ]Miss Sorensen's brothers, Christian, Mads, Olie and Claus, came to America some years ago, but they later returned to Denmark. Miss Sorensen is a member of the Lutheran church, and takes an active interest in this denomination in Audubon, as well as in all good works hereabout, and is held in the highest regard in her large circle of friends and acquaintances.
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Peter C. Thuesen (1888-?), Elk Horn, Iowa
Peter C. Thuesen f. 1888
Fotografen fra Sejstrup ved Ribe, i Elk Horn, Iowa Et veldisponeret billede af en familie, formentlig fra Ærø, fotograferet i Elk Horn, Iowa, af den danske fotograf Peter C. Thuesen o. 1915-20. Iowa og ikke mindst Elk Horn er et af de steder i USA, hvor flest danske slog sig ned. Det er også der, man finder USA’s danske museum, The Danish Immigrant Museum. Det er derfor heller ikke så overraskende at støde på en dansk fotograf i Elk Horn. Peter C. Thuesen var fra Sejstrup, ikke så langt fra Ribe og han emigrerede sammen med sin to år ældre bror, Jes Thuesen, til Harlan i Iowa i 1904. De var da henholdsvis 16 og 18 år gamle. (Den ældre bror døde iflg nedenstående levnedsbeskrivelsen samme år.) Faderen var fra det da tyske Haderslev, men var flyttet nordpå til Danmark, da Peter Thuesen blev født. Faderen var landarbejder og af en folketælling i 1890 fremgår det, at han også modtog fattighjælp, så forholdene for familien, mor, far og fire søskende, hvoraf tre udvandrede til USA, har ikke været bedste adgang til et fremgangsrigt liv i Danmark. Der findes en levnedsbeskrivelse af Peter C. Thuesen, hvor han selv må have leveret de positive oplysninger til intervieweren. Der bliver fortalt om en energisk ung mand, der er startet som arbejder i landbruget, har formået at spare sammen for at sikre sig en uddannelse på en amerikansk fotoskole og derefter tilsyneladende har lagt et solidt grundlag for en tryg fremtid. Beskrivelsen er interessant, for den viser, hvorledes det var muligt med sparsommelighed og flid at opnå en fotografisk uddannelse i Amerika. Hvis man ikke kunne komme i mesterlære hos en fotograf – eller som supplement - var fotoskolen, Bissell College i Effingham, Illinois en mulighed. Den fungerede fra ca. 1900 til 1932 og flere anerkendte amerikanske fotografer har lært fotohåndværket og -kunsten der. ”Learn a Paying Profession” hedder det i brochurer fra skolen, som også brøster sig med at være verdens eneste ”College f Photography”. (Kilde:wikipedia) |
I en skildring fra 1915 berettes om Peter C. Thuesen:
”Selv den mindste flække i USA har i sidste fjerdedel af 1800årene fået sin egen fotograf, og antallet af fotografer har konstant været stigende. Peter C. Thuesen, Elk Horns fotograf, er en succesrig ung mand med en fotografisk uddannelse og han har etableret en fremgangsrig virksomhed i Elk Horn, siden han slog sig ned der. Peter C. Thuesen er søn af Matthew og Mary (Christensen) Thuesen og er født i Danmark 21. februar 1889. Hans forældre boede hele deres liv i Danmark, faderen døde i 1900 og hans mor fire år tidligere. De fik fire børn, Jesse, Cecilia, Magdalene og Peter. Jesse emigrerede til Amerika, men døde i Harlan (Iowa) i 1904. Cecilia er gift med Christian Boel og bor i Danmark. Magdalene er gift med Andrew Thompson og bor i staten Washington. Peter C. Thuesen boede i Danmark til han var 14 og havde gået i den lokale folkeskole. 14 år gammel kom han med sin bror Jesse og E.C. Boel til Harlan, (værkfører Eskild Boel var også fra Sejstrup) og i de første fem år arbejde han som landarbejder. 19 år gammel tog han til Effingham, Illinois, hvor han lærte fotografhåndværket på Bissell College. Efterfølgende var han omrejsende fotograf og slog sig først ned i Jacksonville, hvor han var i nogle få år. 15. juli 1915 kom han til Kimbalton, Iowa, hvor han erhvervede et fotoatelier. Kort efter flyttede han til Elk Horn og købte R. B. Wilkesons atelier og nu driver han det sammen med atelieret i Kimbalton. Han har en kunstnerisk tilgang til sit håndværk og driver en helt moderne forretningsvirksomhed. Af samme grund har han fået stor succes, siden han etablerede sig i Elk Horn. Mr. Thuesen er ugift, men tager aktivt del i livet i byen. Han er medlem af den dansk lutheranske kirke og er interesseret i kirkens liv. Han støtter ikke noget bestemt politisk parti, men bakker op om den bedste politiker, uafhængigt af politisk ståsted. Han er stadig en ung mand og den succes han allerede har opnået lover godt for den danske fotografs fremtid.” Uddrag af ”Past and Present of Shelby County, Iowa”, pp. 1325 – 1326, 1915. http://iagenweb.org/shelby/1915bio/1915.htm |