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Museum Construction

Description: Photograph of a construction project in Danevang, Texas; the future site of the Danish Heritage Preservation Society. The foundation and the wooden framework can be seen on the right side. To the left, the dirt has been piled high from large tire tracks, presumably belonging to the red crane a short distance away from where the photograph was taken. Behind it, there is a yellow tractor, on which a man sits. Two other unidentified men can be seen behind the wooden beams.
Date: 2000
Partner: Danish Heritage Preservation Society

[Helvig Jensen Berndt Home]

Description: Copy print of a photograph of the home of Helvig Jensen Berndt in El Campo, Texas. Location was taken from another photograph in the collection. According to information on the back, it is now the home of Elvin Berndt. There are six buildings, including a house and barns, and they are surrounded by farmland. The house is a two-story white building. There is one car, three tractors, and several trailers in the photograph.
Date: unknown
Partner: Danish Heritage Preservation Society

[Homes of Andrew Enemark Berndt and Helvig Jensen Berndt]

Description: Copy print of two photographs of the homes of Andrew Enemark Berndt and Helvig Jensen Berndt in El Campo, Texas. Andrew's home is in the forefront. It is a one-story white home, and there is barn to the right. Helvig's home is in the background and includes a house and five other buildings. The caption at the bottom says El Campo, Tex. '55.
Date: unknown
Partner: Danish Heritage Preservation Society

[Homes of Elvin Berndt and Eleanora Berndt Oldag]

Description: Copy print of an aerial photograph of the homes of Elvin Berndt and Eleanora Berndt Oldag in El Campo, Texas, taken in the mid-1980s. Elvin Berndt's home is in the forefront, along with three other buildings, tractors, and other farm equipment. According to the information on the back, this location was once the home of H. J. Berndt. Eleanora Oldag's home is in the background, and the two homes are surrounded by farmland.
Date: unknown
Partner: Danish Heritage Preservation Society

[Sam and Christine Brodsgaard at Farm]

Description: Photograph of husband and wife, Soren (Sam) Hansen Brodsgaard and Kristina (also spelled Christina on records) Marie Brodsgaard, standing a few feet away from what appears to be a large gas tank on its side. They are underneath a tree branch. Behind them, there is a single-story structure and a tractor parked off to the right. The bottom left corner of the photograph has been torn off. Hand-written text in pencil on the back of the photograph reads, "Grandma and Grandpa Brodsgaard", followed by… more
Date: unknown
Partner: Danish Heritage Preservation Society

Combing Rice

Description: 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
Partner: Danish Heritage Preservation Society

Loading Rice onto Truck

Description: 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
Partner: Danish Heritage Preservation Society

[Carl and Curtis Jensen Working with a Tractor on Their Farm]

Description: Color photograph of two men, Curtis Jensen and Carl Jensen, working with a red tractor on their family farm. They are both wearing work clothes and matching hats. The man on the left is standing beside the tractor's rear. The man on the right is sitting in the seat of the tractor and is turned around toward the camera. In the background is a field of tilled earth.
Date: March 9, 1971
Partner: Danish Heritage Preservation Society

Roger Leroy & Kenneth Mads Andersen

Description: Copy negative of brothers Roger and Kenneth Andersen standing in front of a tractor at Hans Andersen's farm. The younger brother, who is wearing overalls over a short-sleeved collared shirt and lace-up shoes, is standing slightly in front of the older brother, who is wearing coveralls.
Date: unknown
Partner: Danish Heritage Preservation Society

Rice Binder and Tractor

Description: Copy negative of a rice binder and tractor outside on a farm. There is a single-story structure in the background with a gable roof and one visible window. The man on the tractor, in the back, has been identified as Emil Olsen. He wears a hat and a light-colored shirt. There is a second individual riding the binder, in the foreground in front of the tractor, but he has not been identified.
Date: unknown
Partner: Danish Heritage Preservation Society

Plowing with a Steam Tractor

Description: Black and white copy print that is missing its bottom left portion. The print is of the demonstration of a steam-powered tractor, which is visible on the right. A large group of spectators are gathered to the left of the tractor. One man on the left is holding a long spire-like object. Mounds of dirt dominate the foreground.
Date: unknown
Partner: Danish Heritage Preservation Society
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