Balchen / Balken Laundry Ladies
Description
- Media Type
- Image
- Item Type
- Negatives
- Description
- The Balchen / Balken laundresses for L. R. Balken. 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."
- Notes
- From left to right: Frances Max Gilmet, Ragna Rasmussen (Mrs. Ludwig Larsen), Mrs. William Martinson, Stella Gapcynska (Mrs. Frank Yezerski), Julia Anderson, and Cora B. Langworthy (Mrs. Fred P. Smith).
- Date of Original
- c 1900
- Dimensions
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Width: 4742 px
Height: 4050 px
- Image Dimensions
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Image Width: 4742px
Image Height: 4050px
- Subject(s)
- Personal Name(s)
- Gilmet, Frances M. ; Rasmussen, Ragna ; Larsen, Ludwig ; Martinson, William ; Gapcynska, Stella ; Yezerski, Frank ; Anderson, Julia ; Langworthy, Cora B. ; Smith, Fred P. ; Balken, Ludwig R.
- Collection
- Knechtel Collection
- Language of Item
- English
- Geographic Coverage
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Michigan, United States
Latitude: 45.06168 Longitude: -83.43275
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- 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
Website:
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