LU43.1
Print, Photographic
1915 Approximate
Eight Men and Two Women, New Richland Hotel Tenants. Black and white photograph of 10 persons, 8 men and 2 women, posing on the steps of a hotel in New Richland, Minn.; circa 1915; tenants of the hotel, unidentified; friends of the donor's grandfather, Anders Peder Andersen, who lived here for a short time circa 1915, but later returned to Denmark December 1919; Andersen stands in middle row, first from right side; same hotel in background as in Accession #LU43.2. (Anders Peder Andersen was born April 25, 1884 in Noerreby, Klinte parish on the island Funen in Denmark. His parents were Rasmus Andersen Skjellund and Kirsten Emilie Pedersen. Anders came to the America at age 28 to learn farming methods. He spent 7 years between 1912 and 1919 in Waseca County, some time in Minneapolis, Albert Lea, St. Ansgar, IA and Milwaukee, WI. He joined the Danish-American Brotherhood while in the United States.)
LU category are images scanned into the WCHS photo collection only. The donor retains actual possession and ownership of the original photograph.