Charlie Schaer WW1 Soldier

Copy negative of Charlie Schaer, who was a World War One soldier from Wharton County, Texas. In the image, Charlie is standing outside a house that is covered with ivy. He is wearing his military uniform.
Date: March 8, 1919
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Tug of War

Copy negative of fourteen Danish children playing tug of war in a field in Danevang, Texas, which is located in Wharton County.
Date: 1919~
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Carl and Ida Thyssen

Copy negative of Carl and Ida Thyssen of Danevang, Texas, which is located in Wharton County. Carl is wearing a suit and a hat, and Ida is wearing a long dress, a bonnet, and boots.
Date: 1918~
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Freedom For All Forever Cart and Family]

Photograph of three girls, three women, a man in a suit and two smaller children in a cart pulled by a goat. The cart has the words "Freedom for all forever" painted on the side.
Date: 1918
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Henry Schaer WW1 Soldier

Copy negative of Henry Schaer, who was a World War One soldier from Wharton County, Texas. In the image, Henry is standing outside a wooden building. He is wearing his military uniform and holding a gun.
Date: 1918
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Soldiers Coming Home 1918

Copy negative of a line of uniformed soldiers walking out of the main chapel of the Danevang Church in Danevang, Texas.
Date: 1918
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

WW1 Soldiers

Copy negative of three World War One soldiers suited in military uniforms. From left to right, Lauritz Harton, Carl Thyssen, and Walter Nielsen are pictured.
Date: 1918
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Two Boys Dressed in Uniform]

Photograph of two young boys wearing white knit hats, dark colored jackets and shorts over white tights with black shoes. The boys smile and hold each other's arm outside of a house.
Date: 1917
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Passport Pauline Berthelsen

Copy negative of the passport of Pauline Berthelsen of Wharton County, Texas. In the top left corner of the passport, there is a photograph of Pauline stapled to the document. There is a stamp at the bottom of the document that reads, "canceled."
Date: March 2, 1916
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Passport Pauline Berthelsen

Copy negative of the passport photograph of Pauline Berthelsen of Wharton County, Texas. The photograph is embossed with a United States Department of State seal, and Pauline's name is hand-written on the front of the photograph.
Date: March 2, 1916
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

August Schaer Family

Copy negative of the Schaer family, standing in three rows outside of their home. From left to right, Marie, Louis, Charlie, and Henry stand in the back row. Mr. and Mrs. Schaer stand in the middle row, and O.W. and Helena stand in the front row.
Date: [1916..1917]
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Danish Folk School

Copy negative of groups of people in front of Grand View College in Des Moines, Iowa. The men and women pictured are all wearing traditional Danish folk costumes. The men are kneeling down, and the women are standing up. The men are holding the women's hands. There is one man, identified as Holger Koch, sitting with his legs crossed in front of the costumed group, holding a violin. Other unidentified people standing in the background.
Date: 1916
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Mads Andersen Family]

Photograph of a group of younger adults gathered around the matriarch and patriarch seated in the middle. Their names, from the back row left to right, is Harry J. Andersen, Hans T. Andersen, Elmer M. Andersen, Viggo M. Andersen, and Arthur H. Andersen. The center row is Mabel Andersen, Vis L. Andersen, Emile Andersen, and Carl M. Andersen. The front row is Adolph M. Andersen, Mads Andersen, Bertha Andersen, Helga Andersen, and Marenze Andersen (Mrs. Wilber Webb, Jr.).
Date: 1916
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Danish Ladies Aid in 1915]

Photograph of a group of people of mixed sex and age gathered in front of a two story house that belongs to P. J. Petersen. One of the men in the crowd is P. J. Agerskov Petersen. A white dog can also be seen walking in front of the crowd.
Date: 1915
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Lillie Mauk Hiltpold and Ruth Mauk Nickelson]

Photograph of two young women with white blouses and pinned up hair.
Date: 1915~
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Preparing Fish]

Photograph of seven people of mixed gender sitting in a grassy field with fish and a porcelain water basin. A small one story house can be seen in the distance.
Date: 1915
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Nygaard]

Photograph of a woman standing in the front lawn of a house.
Date: January 14, 1914
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Mrs. Pouline Thompsen Kitchen

Copy negative of Pauline Marie Thomsen Berthelsen sitting inside her kitchen in Palacios Texas, which is in Matagorda County. Mrs. Berthelsen is sitting to the left of a large stove.
Date: 1914
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[West Danevang School]

Photograph of three rows of children in front of a school building. Danevang had three schools known as West, Central, and East. There was also a school for higher grades in the east wing of Danevang Community Meeting House. The children in the photo are, starting from the top row, Martin Strarup, and Willy Samon. The middle row is Teacher Perry Dora Mae Frazier, Sam Hansen, Anton Strarup, Art Braunholz, Ester Juhl, Clarence P. Lauritsen, and Sophia Michaelsen. The students in the front row are Art Braunholz, and Olaf Olson. The teachers at the school are Claudia Jones, Luella Smith, Toria Duncan, and Minnie Ludwigsen.
Date: 1914
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Baby Marie Berndt]

Photograph of a baby wearing a wide white dress and holding a hammer-shaped rattle between her hands. She is placed on a chair with intricate wicker backing.
Date: 1913
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Berndt Children]

Photograph of a young girl and young boy on either side of a baby sitting in a chair. Their names are, from left to right, Andreas, Maria, and Ingeborg Berndt. They are the three children of H. J. Berndt
Date: 1913
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Danevang Central School 1]

Photograph of three rows of young children outside of the schoolhouse.The fourth child from the left on the first row is A. E. Berndt. The sixth and eighth from the left on the second row are Verner Petersen and Fritz Swendsen respectively. The fifth, seventh, tenth, and fourteenth on the back row are Elna Petersen, Ester Petersen, Bill Andersen, and Carl Andersen.
Date: 1913
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Danevang Central School 2]

Photograph of three rows of young children outside of the schoolhouse.The fourth child from the left on the first row is A. E. Berndt. The sixth and eighth from the left on the second row are Verner Petersen and Fritz Swendsen respectively. The fifth, seventh, tenth, and fourteenth on the back row are Elna Petersen, Ester Petersen, Bill Andersen, and Carl Andersen.
Date: 1913
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Nielsen Family]

Photograph of a group of people gathered around an older woman who sits in a wicker chair. Their names from left to right are Jim Nielsen, Chris Nielsen, Mrs. Jim Nielsen, Edward Nielsen, Bestemor Petersen, Louise Nielsen, Sigurd Nielsen, and Richard Nielsen. Bestemor Petersen is the mother of Jens P. Petersen and Mrs. Jim Nielsen.
Date: 1913
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History