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[C. J. Nelin's Death Certificate]
Death Certificate of Carl John Nelin, stating that he died on 1936-12-30 of "Acute Detation of heart" in McCulloch County, Texas.
Date:
January 2, 1937
Creator:
Marcott, Ruth Nelin
Object Type:
Legal Document
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Photograph of the Johanson Family, East Sweden, Texas, 1937]
Photograph of four generations of the Johansons at East Sweden in 1937: Mina Gustafson Johanson (the grandmother); Henry Charles Johanson (the grandfather), holding Van Diane Johanson (a four-years-old granddaughter); and George Henry Johanson (the son and father), holding April Jerodine Johanson (a three-years-old granddaughter and Diane's sister.)
Date:
1937
Creator:
Jones, Diane
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Farmer's Pocket Ledger
Book entitled "Farmer's Pocket Ledger" which contains general information about measurements conversions, John Deere products, and helpful tips, for example cistern capacities based on their dimensions. Pages 21 through 52 are a notebook with pages for each month's receipts and expenditures, crop records for current and past years, egg records, and stock breeding records. Some of the month's receipts and expenditures have been filled in by Lundgren.
Date:
1935?
Creator:
Deere & Company
Object Type:
Book
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Photograph of a Congregation after Dinner]
Photograph of a church congregation enjoying dinner outdoors. Most of the people in the image are turned away from the camera, except for a child and two women.
Date:
1934
Creator:
Hurd, Bobby
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Photograph of a Congregation before Dinner]
Photograph of the East Sweden Presbyterian Church at an outdoor dinner table. The men and women are mostly separated into groups.
Date:
1934
Creator:
Bobby, Hurd
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Photograph of a Community School]
Photograph of a community schoolhouse. The teachers and students are grouped up in front of the school's entrance.
Date:
1930
Creator:
Easterwood, Connie
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Postcard of Nine Community School, McCulloch County, Texas]
Postcard of the Nine Community School, with several groups of men and children standing outside the two-storied building that features wooden construction, a chimney, and a bell tower.
Date:
1930~
Creator:
Connie, Easterwood
Object Type:
Postcard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Minutes of the Session of Sweden Rochelle, Texas Presbyterian Church
Minutes of session for the Presbyterian Church Sweden Rochelle, Texas. Each recorded meeting has a date, members in attendance, and a description of the matters that were discussed or jobs completed. The first few pages contain rules for minute taking and a disclosure from "the Book of Discipline."
Date:
1926-08-10/1977-07-10
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Book
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Photo of Children at the West Sweden School]
Photograph of nineteen students and two adults, likely the teachers, at the West Sweden School in McCulloch County, Texas. The children vary in age from elementary to teens and are wearing coats. "West Sweden School" is written on the back.
Date:
1925
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Photo of Lynney Lincoln Lundgren]
Cropped reprint photo of Lynney Lincoln Lundgren in a group of children, wearing a knit jacket. Lundgren appears to be eight or nine years old. Handwritten on back: "1925 Lynney Lincoln Lundgren West Sweden School."
Date:
1925
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Marriage License for E. J. Helge and Louise Hanson]
Marriage License No. 3123 issued by McCulloch County, Texas, to Mr. E. J. Helge and Miss Louise Hanson on 1924-12-10 and returned and filed with the county clerk on 1924-12-13.
Date:
December 13, 1924
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Legal Document
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Photograph of Louise Hanson and Ernest Helge]
Photograph of Louise Hanson and Ernest Helge on their wedding day with Louise's left hand posed as to display her wedding ring.
Date:
December 10, 1924
Creator:
Easterwood, Connie
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[August Young's Oath of Allegiance and Order Admitting to Citizenship, 1923]
Photocopy of August Young's Oath of Allegiance presented to the McCulloch County District Court, in which he renounces allegiance to any foreign power, particularly to the King of Sweden, before swearing allegiance to the United States, together with the Order that admits him to citizenship.
Date:
March 27, 1923
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Legal Document
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Card in Memory of Hilda Hanson]
Copyrighted cream, black, and gold card "In Loving Remembrance" of Hilda Hanson that states the dates of her life and features Victorian illustrations of doves, wreathed flowers, and a book with feather pens, along with the bannered epitaph "Gone but not forgotten" above a brief poem.
Date:
1922~
Creator:
Wendell, H. F.
Object Type:
Postcard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Souvenir Card for Hanson School]
Souvenir card for Hanson School District 21 of McCulloch Co. Texas, featuring a picture of an unidentified woman on the front card, and listings of teachers, school board members, and pupils on the second card.
Date:
May 28, 1920
Creator:
Hanson School District
Object Type:
Pamphlet
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Svenskarne I Texas I Ord Och Bild, 1838-1918: Volume 1
Compilation of photos with biographical and historical information about people in Texas of Swedish descent.
Date:
1919
Creator:
Severin, Ernest, 1871-; Scott, Alf. L. (Alfred L.), 1862-; Westerberg, T. J. (Thor Julius), 1874- & Öjerholm, J. M. (John Melcher), 1858-
Object Type:
Book
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Svenskarne I Texas I Ord Och Bild, 1838-1918: Volume 2
Compilation of photos with biographical and historical information about people in Texas of Swedish descent.
Date:
1919
Creator:
Severin, Ernest, 1871-; Scott, Alf. L. (Alfred L.), 1862-; Westerberg, T. J. (Thor Julius), 1874- & Öjerholm, J. M. (John Melcher), 1858-
Object Type:
Book
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[August Young's Declaration of Intention, 1918]
Photocopy of August Young's sworn Declaration of Intention (filed in the McCulloch County District Court) to become a United States citizen, containing his renunciation of loyalty to any foreign power, in particular the King of Sweden, and recitation of his arrival from Jonkaping, Sweden to the port of New York in the State of New York aboard a White Star Line vessel on 1889-02-16 and his present marriage to Annie Young, who was born in Sweden.
Date:
August 1918
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Legal Document
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Luella Lundgren's Writing Journal]
Notebook containing the school work of Luella Lundgren with assignments dated from January 24, 1918 and 1926. The notebook includes stories, a letter, and handwriting exercises.
Date:
1918
Creator:
Lundgren, Luella
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Photograph of the Hanson Sisters]
Photograph of six of the Hanson sisters, standing in order of height from left to right with the tallest sister holding the basketball, posed identically with their hands on each other's shoulders.
Date:
1918
Creator:
Easterwood, Connie
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Photograph of the Hanson Sisters]
Photograph of the Hanson School's 1918 basketball team, made up of six of the Hanson sisters, facing forward while lying on the ground in their uniforms and posing identically with the basketball in the center forefront.
Date:
1918
Creator:
Easterwood, Connie
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Photograph of Blomstrom Family]
Photograph of the Blomstroms with five of their children (Gunnar, Philip, Knute, Violet, and Alfred), with the four boys adopting identical poses with their chopping hoes, in front of their Melvin home. The home sports vines on its porch posts and a young tree in its front yard.
Date:
1911
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Photograph of Church Exterior]
Photograph of the exterior view of the finished church in 1911 (building no longer standing).
Date:
1911
Creator:
Easterwood, Connie
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Photograph of Charles Blomstrom and Sons]
Photograph of Charles Blomstrom with sons Gunnar and Knute, both atop donkeys, and son Alfred, astraddle a young calf, in the barnyard of their Melvin home in 1910.
Date:
1910
Creator:
Blomstrom, Knute A., Jr.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History