Ludwig R. Balken / Ludvig Rosenkrantz Balchen
Description
- Media Type
- Image
- Collection
- Item Type
- Negatives
- Description
- Ludwig R. Balken was born in Norway on June 11, 1865, immigrated to America in 1886, and married Margaret Eastonson in Evanston, Illinois on August 1, 1888. According to city directories, he was in Alpena as an owner of a laundry business under various names until about 1908. Ludwig resided in Chicago in 1910 and died there on June 17, 1917. On May 5, 1908, he obtained a patent for a "Bait-holder."
- Date of Original
- c 1900
- Dimensions
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Width: 2799 px
Height: 3968 px
- Image Dimensions
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Image Width: 2799px
Image Height: 3968px
- Subject(s)
- Corporate Name(s)
- L. R. Balken and Co. ; Alpena Hand Laundry ; Alpena Steam Laundry ; Balken's Laundry ; Michigan Laundry Co.
- Collection
- Knechtel Collection
- Language of Item
- English
- Donor
- Dennis Knechtel
- Copyright Statement
- Public domain: Copyright has expired according to United States law. No restrictions on use.
- Recommended Citation
- Knechtel Collection, Alpena County George N. Fletcher Public Library
- Contact
- Alpena County George N. Fletcher Public LibraryEmail:specialcollections@alpenalibrary.org
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