1928 Confirmation Class

Black and white photograph of four young girls in white dresses linking arms and standing next to some shrubbery.
Date: 1928
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Harold Hansen Riding a Mechanical Thresher]

Photograph of Harold Hansen looking at the camera while riding a mechanical thresher. He wears a 10 gallon hat and rests his hands on the thresher's wheel. Although partially covered by some of the machine's mechanism, there is text on the thresher that reads "FARMALL". A tall farmhouse is behind Harold. To the right of this building, there are barrels strewn about. A repeating, decorative border surrounds the photograph. On the back, there is stamped purple numbers, "1 1138", and an image/text combination that reads, "Guaranteed for life. This is a Genuine Border For Fox Tone Pictures made by Fox Co. San Antonio, Texas. Copyrighted by Carl Newton". Hand-written text also reads "Harold Hansen" and "1928".
Date: 1928
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
Release of Oil and Gas Lease (open access)

Release of Oil and Gas Lease

Release document of an oil and gas lease between the Roxana Petroleum Corporation and Carl Harton and his wife Christiane Harton. The document states that the petroleum company is relinquishing 70 acres of property in Wharton County, along with all rights, to the Hartons. Signatures were made on the bottom by the vice-president of the corporation and a notary. When closed, on the back, the top quarter of the document condenses the document into two lines of text that read, "Release of Oil and Gas Lease Roxana Petroleum Corporation To."
Date: February 14, 1927
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History

Old Danevang Farmers Coop Picture

Photograph a cotton gin next to the Danevang Farmers Cooperative building in Danevang, Texas. Accompanying information states this was the first cotton gin built on the property. A cluster of buildings in the center is surrounded by different types of agricultural implements and machines. Behind the main Cooperative building on the right, a water tower is visible. The photograph was taken from a distance, capturing rows of cotton crops running diagonally to the main buildings.
Date: 1927
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Danish Ladies Aid at Parsonage]

Photograph of the Danish Ladies Aid organization in front of their parsonage. They are joined by a couple of children and, according to accompanying information, Pastor Kyhl, who is presumably the man on the farthest right of the photograph. The women, the majority of them in late age, wear long, dark-colored dresses and have their hair pinned back. The two-story structure behind them has a shingled overhang supported by a row of columns that runs across the front. An early automobile model is seen in the very distance. Hand-written text in blue ink on the back of the photograph reads "Danevang Parsonage. Pastor Kyhl - 1926".
Date: 1926
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Portrait of Pastor Hans O. Jensen]

Bust portrait photograph of a man, identified as Pastor Hans O. Jensen, in front of a blank, light-colored backdrop. He wears a dark suit jacket over a dark tie and light-colored collar shirt. The photograph has been pasted on a sheet of paper that lists biographical information about the Pastor, including years served at the Danevang Lutheran Church and birth and death dates.
Date: 1926/1928
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Andrew Jensen's Promissory Note to Danevang Farmer's Cooperative] (open access)

[Andrew Jensen's Promissory Note to Danevang Farmer's Cooperative]

Promissory note from Andrew J. Jensen to the Danevang Farmer's Cooperative Society over a sum of twenty five dollars. The note is signed on the bottom right corner by Andrew. A red stamp with the date has been placed on this corner as well.
Date: February 9, 1925
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History

1925 Confirmation Class

Photograph of an all-female confirmation class in Danevang, Texas. They are standing on a dirt road holding hands. They wear knee-length dresses with stockings and heeled strap shoes. They have been identified by their first name only, from left to right, as Agnes, Katherine, Annie, Ellen, Emma, Lila, and Myrtle. This information is hand-written in blue ink on the top. A geometric, decorative border surrounds the photograph.
Date: 1925
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Danevang Farmers Co-operative Society Building]

Postcard of a single-story building surrounded by a dirt road and farmlands. On the entrance, over double sided doors and a set of windows on either side, there is a large sign that reads "Danevang Farmers Co-operative Society Inc.". On the right side of the building, towards the back, there are two parked cars. There are two men standing in between them. The man on the right is looking towards the direction where the photograph was taken.
Date: 1925/1935
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History

Johnny & Chris Brodsgaard

Photograph of two young boys standing in an empty plot of land amidst tall grasses. The boy on the left stands inside what appears to be a small, shallow puddle. To his right is a boy standing on the ground, similarly dressed as the first child in shorts, hat, long-sleeve shirt and dark, slender tie. They have been identified as Johnny and Chris Brodsgaard, but accompanying information has not stated which boy is which. There is a purple stamp on the back of the photograph that bears an image of a leaping fox and the accompanying text, "This is a genuine Border Fox Tone picture made by Fox Co. San Antonio, Texas. Copyright 1925 by Carl O. Newton."
Date: 1925
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Group of People in Front of an Airplane]

Photograph of a group of men, women, and children standing in front of an early airplane model. Only two of the men pictured have been identified with certainty. The man on the far left is William Harton. The one on the far right is Jens Harton. On the back of the photograph, vertical, hand-written text reads, "At Camp Mabry, Austin, Tx. July 13, 1924". Horizontal, hand-written text reads, "Bill Harton, Mildred, Uncle Louis, Joyce, Viola, Uncle Jens, Sonny".
Date: July 13, 1924
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

1924 Confirmation Class

Photograph of the 1924 Danevang Ansgar Lutheran Church confirmation class, consisting of a group of adolescent boys and girls. They are standing on the front steps of the church, wearing formal attire and separated into rows by gender, with the girls in the front and the boys in the back. Additionally, there is an unidentified man behind the boys standing in front of a set of double doors. The girls, from left to right, have been identified as Marie Brodsgaard, Dagny M. Hansen, Ester Juhl, and Esther Knudsen. The boys have been identified from left to right as Hans F. Hansen, Ejolf Larsen Wind, J. C. Theodor Jensen, Harry Lauritsen, and Eddie Petersen.
Date: May 25, 1924
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

1924 Confirmation Class

Photograph of the 1924 Danevang Ansgar Lutheran Church confirmation class, consisting of a group of adolescent boys and girls separated into two rows. The back row is composed of the boys, who wear similar dark three-piece suits. The front row consists of the girls, who wear light-colored dresses. Their hair has been styled in short bobs. Names have been provided, but have been matched properly in another photograph where they were in different positions (see note).
Date: May 25, 1924
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Marie Brodsgaard's Confirmation

Photograph of a woman, identified as Marie Brodsgaard, standing outdoors in front of a bush. She wears a light-colored knee-length dress. Her hair has been cut short and she smiles at the camera. Accompanying information and a hand-written note on the back of the photograph indicate that the photograph was taken during her confirmation.
Date: 1924
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
Chattel Mortgage to First National Bank of El Campo by Andrew Jensen (open access)

Chattel Mortgage to First National Bank of El Campo by Andrew Jensen

Document recording a mortgage taken out by Andrew Jensen from the First National Bank of El Campo, Texas. Andrew took out three hundred dollars with a ten percent interest. A piece of paper has been stapled on the back with a stamp of approval and two postage stamps.
Date: May 10, 1923
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Danevang School Class of 1923]

Photograph of the Danevang School class of 1923 standing before, presumably, the school building's entrance. There is an open window to the right side of the photograph, and behind the doorway, a light is seen. From left to right, the front row has been identified as unknown, Bertha Thyssen, unknown, Ida Nielsen, unknown, Jean Petersen Michaelsen, Dorothy Berkman, Alts Petersen, Ellen Nelsen, and unknown. Names have been provided for the second and third row but it cannot be stated with certainly to whom they apply. From left to right, the fourth row has been identified as Marianna Berndt, Laura Petersen, Marvin Petersen, and Harry Hermansen. On the back of the photograph, rough patches of black paper remain from wherever the photograph was torn out of.
Date: 1923
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Portrait of Doris Andersen Seated on Chair]

Studio photograph of a young girl, identified as Doris Andersen, seated on the left armrest of a wicker chair. There is a painted backdrop behind her. She wears a dark dress with light-colored socks and a pair of single-strap shoes.
Date: [1923..1926]
Creator: Dickinson Studios
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
Andrew & Dagny Jensen Marriage License (open access)

Andrew & Dagny Jensen Marriage License

Marriage license provided to Anders Jessen Jensen and Dagny Andersen from the Wharton County courthouse. There is a black and white illustration at the very top of the document of a bell composed entirely of small flowers, with a leafy vine emerging from the back of the bell and encircling it in an arc. This bell is inside a circular motif with decorative geometric elements around the edge, and is flanked on both sides by bold, Old English text that declares the document as a Marriage License. Hand-written text has been placed in several areas: where it calls for the names of the couple, dates, signatures, etc. The actual ceremony was ordained by Pastor J. A. M. Rodholm. When closed, the information provided in the opened document is condensed into the upper half of the document's back.
Date: December 29, 1922
Creator: Kral, F. L.
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History

[1922 Confirmation Class]

Photograph of five young men, a pastor, and four young women posed in front of a white church. Their names are Herman Krag, Knud Strarup, Niels Petersen, Olaf Hansen, Oscar Smith, Asta Nygaard, Emma Sophia Hansen, Pastor Rodholm, Marie Harton, and Marie Magdalene Ingvardsen.
Date: April 9, 1922
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Christian Brodsgaard with Goose

Photograph of a young boy, identified as Christian Brodsgaard, sitting outdoors in front of a house with a goose in between his legs. He smiles openly. He wears overalls and is barefoot on a plot of land with short grasses.
Date: 1922~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Danevang School Class in Front of School Building]

Photograph of a large group of students taken just outside of the front entrance of Danevang School in Danevang, Texas. They are gathered roughly into five rows. The set of double-doors behind them is open within a small overhang. On the front-facing wall, three double-hung windows are visible. They appear to have been organized from oldest to youngest top to bottom. There is faint hand-written text on the front bottom margin that reads, "Danevang School 1922-23."
Date: 1922/1923
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[1921 Confirmation Class]

Photograph of adolescent boys and girls gathered for a group picture, which was taken during their confirmation ceremony in Danevang, Texas. They are just to the right of a church wall, which has five visible windows with pointed tops. They are all dressed in formal attire. The boys wear dark suits and the girls, all in the front row, wear light-colored dresses with cinched waists. Some names have been provided, but they have not been matched properly to individual positions in the image.
Date: 1921
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Andrew Jensen Home

Photograph of a single-story home in Danevang, Texas, belonging to Andrew Jensen. The photograph was taken from the street, capturing the gravel road and the front lawn, which has been cut short. The house is bordered by a series of bushes. It has white siding and intersecting shingled gable roofs. A chimney and antenna are on the top hip.
Date: 1920/1970
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Berdnt Family at H.J Berdnt Farm]

Photograph of the Berndt family standing on a dirt road. They are each holding long, slender sticks pointed to the ground, with the exception of the woman on the far right, who holds hers towards the sky. In the background, a series of leafless trees and tall grasses lead up to a farm-like structure in the distance. A decorative border surrounds the photograph. Some of the individuals have been identified. From left to right, they are: unknown, unknown, Emma Berndt (possibly), unknown, Anne Berndt, Meta Berndt, unknown, unknown, Marie Berndt. On the back, hand-written text reads, "Creek thru H.J. Berndt. House where arrow heads were picked up. Early 1920's. L-R. ??, Emma Berndt?, ?, Anne Berndt, Meta Berndt, ??, Marie Berndt." Two stamps have also been made, both in purple. The first reads, "20 514". The second: " This is a genuine Border Fox Tone Picture Made by Fox Co. San Antonio, Texas, Copyright 1925 by Carl (last name is illegible)".
Date: 1920
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History