Hidalgo County Historical Collection
Identifier
ELIBR-0079-JLFPA
Files
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Creation Date
1926
Disciplines
History
Description
Small family photo album featuring members of the Johnson, Lyngaas, and Olsen families, including group pictures, candid photographs, and landscapes. A handwritten list of names, dates, marriages is also included. Some people and places are identified by blue ink handwriting in margins.
Names include Eva Olsen, Lloyd and Juanita Johnson, Ralph and Dorothy Lyngaas, Leonard and Edna Johnson, "Grandma" Olsen, Frank Flores, Hattie Olsen, Gene Owen Lyngaas, Arthur "Art" Henry Lyngaas, Morgan Olsen, Pete and Alma Johnson, among others.
Locations include: Woodford, WI; Appleton, WI; McAllen, TX;
Crops include: cabbage, onion, broom corn, citrus, cotton
Photo album consists of 33 worn pages, (65 front and back), BW photos mounted to black pages, flaking edges and corners, silver gelatin photographs.
Physical Description
.PDF, 62 Pages, silver-gelatin BW photos, sepia tone (JPG 300 dpi)
Recommended Citation
Hidalgo County Historical Commission Collection; Johnson-Lyngaas Family Photo Album. ELIBR-0079, Special Collections and University Archives, Edinburg. UTRGV Digital Library, The University of Texas – Rio Grande Valley. Accessed via https://scholarworks.utrgv.edu/hidalgohist/