53.02.10

Print, Photographic

1910 Approximate

Matilda Nelson Erickson in White Dress. 2 3/8" x 4" black and white photograph of Matilda Erickson, maiden name Nelson; shown standing outdoors in front of a white flowered bush, beside a sidewalk, wearing a light-colored dress and has dark hair. She is the mother of George Erickson, also known as Eugene Iverd, the well-known magazine illustrator and painter of the 1920s.

Photographs from one of two family albums of the George Erickson family, circa 1900-1920, showing the Waseca life of George Erickson, his parents, his brothers and sisters and friends. George Erickson became a famous magazine illustrator under the name, Eugene Iverd. The donor, Jean Sakamura is the daughter of George Erickson. George Erickson was the son of John Erickson (1861-1921) and Matilda (Nelson) Erickson (1867-1947). George had two brothers, John Albert Erickson (WHS class of 1911) and Carl Erickson (b. May 30, 1899, WHS class of 1919); and two sisters, Helen Erickson (Well) (b. March 12, 1904) and Lida Erickson (Peterson) (b. April 26, 1896, d. November 28, 1955, WHS class of 1916). George married his high school sweetheart, Lillian Remund (both WHS class of 1914) .