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Heady stuff Danish hat

Viewed Through the Lens:

Heady Stuff

Hatte og Huer (hats and caps) was the FHGC photographic exhibit in 2011.

What did immigrants wear on their heads? In this category we have a selection of the beautiful, commonplace, peculiar and downright wacky items that some immigrants chose to wear when having their pictures taken.

The Salmonsen Family Unidentified Siblings Unknown Valdemar Jensen and Thora Nielsen Ane Carlsen Ane Catrine Nielsdatter Anna Constance Christine Knudzen Anna Maria Gaarde Anna Marie Madsen Nelson Bernard Eli Andersen Rasmussen Birthe Lauritzen Carl Carlsen Carrie Christensen Holm Dora Nielsen Sorensen Dorothea Smith and Marie Sorensen Eline Bjorn Elk Horn Residents Ethel Christoffersen Flemming Andresen Four local beauties George Johann Petersen Hans P. Gronbech
Ice-skaters Inger Marie Jensen Jens Marinus Nørlem Jens V. Sorensen John and Karen Petersen Karoline Nielsen Loggers Ludvig Mehr and Marie Hansen Maren Kierstine Jensdatter Margrethe and Signe Thorsen Maria Lorenzen Friis Mariane Pedersen Sand Thomsen Marie Jensen Winther Niels Andersen Niels Christensen O. P. Petersen Oak Hill Cornet Band Peder Jørgensen Peder Marinus Grimstrup Sand Peter F. and Magda Gronbech Petersen Six Young Ladies The Anderson Brothers

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