Photograph
2015.3908.48
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Title
Portrait of Hakkon Holmen, Glenwood, MinnesotaCreation Date
19161915 – 1917
Dimensions
62 x 10 cm
Description
Studio portrait of Hakkon Holmen. He was born on September 15, 1881 in Norway. On October 13, 1917 he was married to Olevea Ronnoaasoie, to this union no children were born. Mr. Holmen came from Norway in April of 1902, and landed in Webster, South Dakota where he worked on the rail road, then on a farm for his uncle for about three months, nine years later he bought out Lewis Hafstead's blacksmith shop and started his own business in 1911.Related People and Organizations
Holmen, Hakkon
Voss Photography Studio (Glenwood, MN)