[50th Anniversary of Danish Ladies Aid]

Photograph of the 50th anniversary jubilee for the Danish Ladies Aid. The group of primarily women hold a chalkboard at the center of the group.
Date: 1950
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Article About Danish Ladies Aid]

Photograph of four women holding a chalkboard in front of a house. The article written around it is titled "Greetings from Danevang, Texas."
Date: 1950
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Danevang Baseball Team 1950

Black and white photograph taken at the Danevang baseball diamond of a baseball team in uniforms. The team is accompanied by their managers, Fred "Densky" Hansen and J.O. Olson. One team member is laying down in front of the rest of the team members, who are either seated in the second row or standing in the back row.
Date: 1950
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Danish Ladies Aid

Black and white photograph of a large group of women standing in front of a wooden building that has its screen door open. The congregated women make up an organization known as the Danish Ladies Aid. They are gathered for a 50th anniversary celebration, according to accompanying information. Every woman is wearing jackets or coats. At the center, two women are holding together a chalkboard sign that reads: "50 Aars Jubelceum for Den Danoke Kvindeforenine in Danevang Te[xas]." (The last portion of the message is covered by one woman's hand.) There is a young girl standing in the front row amongst the older women.
Date: 1950
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Kristiane Sorensen Knudsen

Bust portrait copy print of an older woman identified as Kristiane Knudsen. She wears glasses and a dark-colored shirt. Two buttons are on each side of her lapel, and two more are seen running down the length of the fold of the shirt. Accompanying information states that she was the wife of Soren Knudsen. Her son, Sam Knudsen, died in World War II during the D-Day landing on 1944.
Date: 1950
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

O. V. Christensen Home

Photograph of a single-story brick home belonging to O.V. (Mickey) and Elsie Christensen. Photograph was taken a few feet away from a dirt road, capturing the front lawn on which a few slender trees have been planted. One door and several windows are seen on the house. Next to an air-conditioning system on the left wall, there appears to be a rosebush and other small shrubs planted along the edge of the wall.
Date: 1950/2010
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Portrait of a Young Girl, Ruby Beth Allenson]

Black and white photograph of a young girl seated on a chair that is situated on the lawn outside of a building whose wood siding is partially visible. Directly behind the girl is a large, leafy bush. The girl is identified as Ruby Beth Allenson. She is wearing a light-colored dress with a white bib collar; she is also wearing a bow on top of her hair. Her feet are clad in socks and shiny black shoes.
Date: October 6, 1950
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Aerial View of Brodsgaard Farm

Copy negative of an aerial view of the Brodsgaard family farm in Wharton County, Texas. In the image, a large field is pictured, and in the center of the field, there is a two-story home as well as several other one-story buildings. According to sources, the farm belonged to Soren Brodsgaard, and was later given to his son, Chris Brodsgaard.
Date: 1952~
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Danevang Cub Scouts]

Photograph of a row of young boys wearing mostly white shirts and jeans in the woods.
Date: 1952
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Group of Men with H.J. Berndt on His 83rd Birthday]

Black and white photograph of a group of men seated around a table upon which plates and teacups are situated. The men are identified, from left to right, as Andrew Lauritsen, Jens Berndt, Helvig Jensen (H.J.) Berndt, and Anders H. Berndt. Helvig is wearing a bow tie, a suit, and a flower pin on his lapel; it is Helvig's 83rd birthday. Both Jens and H.J. are resting their hands on the table. Behind H.J. is an accordion-top cabinet, which has a few framed pictures and a globe on top of it. In the foreground, an object that looks like a chair is visible, but blurry.
Date: 1952
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of a Wedding Anniversary Party]

Copy negative of friends and family celebrating the golden anniversary of Andreas and Inger Lauritsen, seated at the center front.
Date: 1952
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Scout Photo

Black and white photo of a group of eleven young boys identified as Boy Scouts, arranged in a single line. They are standing outdoors in a forest surrounded by trees and appear to be in a clearing. Most boys are wearing jeans and white t-shirts. However, there is one boy who stands second from the left wearing a button-up shirt and another boy, standing fifth from the left, wearing a boy scout uniform complete with a tied bandana around his neck. A decorative border frames the image.
Date: 1952
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Combing Rice

Copy negative of Otto Bram combing and harvesting rice on his farm in Wharton County, Texas. Otto is sitting in a large tractor in the middle of his rice field.
Date: 1953
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Loading Rice onto Truck

Copy negative of Otto Bram loading harvested rice onto a truck on his farm in Wharton County, Texas. Otto is sitting on a tractor to the left of the truck. There is a car parked in the field on the left side of the image.
Date: 1953
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Rice Water Well

Copy negative of Otto Bram on his farm in Wharton County, Texas. In the photograph, Bram and an unknown man are standing next to a rice irrigation well.
Date: 1953
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Aerial View of Danevang Co-op

Copy negative of an aerial view of the Danevange Farmers Cooperative Society, as noted on the front of the photograph. The co-op is located in Danevange, Texas.
Date: 1954
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Silver Wedding

Copy print of the wedding party of Johannes Hansen and Agnes Ingvardsen Hansen. They are seated outside of what appears to be a single-story brick structure, identified in accompanying records as the Trinity Lutheran Church in El Campo, Texas. It merged with the Christ Lutheran church in 1997. Three longs rows make up the group, which comprises of several women, men, and children. They are all dressed in formal attire.
Date: July 1954
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Fritz Swendsen and Family]

Black and white photograph of the Swendsen family grouped together on a wooden deck for a picture at an unknown outdoor location. The branches of a tree on the left hang over their heads.
Date: August 1954
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Aerial Photograph of School]

Aerial photograph of a school building surrounded by farmland. The date Oct. 1954 is written on the back.
Date: October 1954
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Berndt Homes]

Photograph of two houses near a well-plowed field with two sheds and a car parked beside the smallest shed. The second story near the upper part of the photograph belongs to Andreas Hansen Berndt, and the one story belongs to Niels Christian Berndt.
Date: 1955
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[N. C. and Tommy Berndt Working on Cotton Picker]

Photograph of two young boys climbing on top of and repairing a mechanical cotton picker.
Date: 1955~
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Confirmation 1955

Color photograph of formally dressed people standing on the lawn of a white building which is visible in the background. The first row is composed of six girls, all of whom are wearing dresses. The back row is made up two boys who are only visible from the neck up.
Date: 1955
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Cub Scout Group]

Photograph of a group of young boys in Boy Scout uniform standing in front of two women and a man in the front yard of a house.
Date: 1955~
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Cub Scouts at Buster Schaer's Home]

Photograph of a row of uniformed Cub Scouts in front of a white house.
Date: 1955~
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History