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[Photograph of the Hanson Sisters]

Photograph of six of the seven Hanson sisters (Minnie, Louise, Alice, Olive, Lily, and Esther) prior to their family's 1907 move to Galva, Illinois, to West Sweden, Texas.

Date: 1907

Creator: Easterwood, Connie

Item Type: Photograph

[Photograph of the Hanson Sisters]

Photograph of the seven Hanson sisters in the 1960s, lined up side-by-side next to a small building.

Date: 1960~

Creator: Easterwood, Connie

Item Type: Photograph

[Photograph of the Henry Charles Johanson Home, East Sweden, Texas]

Photograph of the Henry Charles Johanson Home in East Sweden in the early 1900s, a place that his mother and father had left to move into Brady because his mother did not like it.

Date: unknown

Creator: Jones, Diane

Item Type: Photograph

[Photograph of the Johanson Family, East Sweden, Texas, 1937]

Photograph of four generations of the Johansons at East Sweden in 1937: Mina Gustafson Johanson (the grandmother); Henry Charles Johanson (the grandfather), holding Van Diane Johanson (a four-years-old granddaughter); and George Henry Johanson (the son and father), holding April Jerodine Johanson (a three-years-old granddaughter and Diane's sister.)

Date: 1937

Creator: Jones, Diane

Item Type: Photograph

[Photograph of the Swedish Free Mission Church Historic Marker]

Photograph of a Texas Historical Commission historical marker at the Swedish Free Mission Church. The marker provides a brief history of the church, as well as an explanation for its change in name during its development.

Date: July 27, 2015

Creator: Hargoves, Carolyn

Item Type: Photograph

Location: 31.191802 -99.581859

[Photograph of Virgil and Lillie Dahlberg]

Photograph of Virgil and Lillie Dahlberg before leaving for church at O. G. Dahlberg's West Sweden home with their automobile behind them.

Date: August 6, 1950

Creator: Dahlberg, David W.

Item Type: Photograph

[Photographs of Railroad Construction]

Two photographs of railroad workers laying track in the East Sweden area while being observed by local residents. Both photographs demonstrate the use of a pulley system in properly aligning the rails.

Date: 1903

Creator: Hurd, Bobby

Item Type: Photograph

[Postcard of Nine Community School, McCulloch County, Texas]

Postcard of the Nine Community School, with several groups of men and children standing outside the two-storied building that features wooden construction, a chimney, and a bell tower.

Date: 1930~

Creator: Connie, Easterwood

Item Type: Postcard

[Postcard of Stockholm, Sweden]

Postcard from "Freddie Stalhammar" of Stockholm, Sweden to "Joe C. Willis" of Brady, Texas. The image on the front of the postcard depicts a harbor, with many sailboats docked side by side along the water's edge.

Date: December 3, 1947

Creator: Stalhammar, Freddie & Hollstrand, L.

Item Type: Photograph

Programme - 30th Anniversary - West Sweden Methodist Church - June 9-13, 1937

30th Anniversary "Programme" with schedule of celebratory events to be held 1937-06-09 through 1937-06-13 and also containing advertisements from 14 area businesses, some of which contain congratulatory messages.

Date: June 9, 1937

Creator: West Sweden Methodist Church

Item Type: Pamphlet

[Ray Thornton's Business Card]

A business card for Ray Thornton, attached to a white cardboard divider. The card uses the Texas Flag as a design, replacing the star with a longhorn's head.

Date: unknown

Creator: Thornton, Ray

Item Type: Physical Object

[Request for Information about C. J. Nelin's Arrival in America]

Cecil R. Nelin's notes regarding information he needs concerning Carl J. Nelin's arrival from Sweden into the United States, stapled to an Order for Copies of Ship Passenger Arrival Records, mailed 1989-06-12 by Cecil Ray Nelin to the National Archives Trust Fund to confirm Carl J. Nelin's arrival in New York, N. Y., on 1881-05-28.

Date: June 1989

Creator: Marcott, Ruth Nelin

Item Type: Legal Document

[Souvenir Card for Hanson School]

Souvenir card for Hanson School District 21 of McCulloch Co. Texas, featuring a picture of an unidentified woman on the front card, and listings of teachers, school board members, and pupils on the second card.

Date: May 28, 1920

Creator: Hanson School District

Item Type: Pamphlet

[Summary of Passenger Information for the S.S. ADRIATIC]

A summary of all passenger information gleaned by Cecil R. Nelin during his search, showing that there were 549 passengers aboard the S.S. ADRIATIC, with 33 of them being lodged in saloons, or cabins, and the other 516 (including his father, Carl J. Nelin) in steerage.

Date: 2000

Creator: Marcott, Ruth Nelin

Item Type: Text

Svenskarne I Texas I Ord Och Bild, 1838-1918: Volume 1

Compilation of photos with biographical and historical information about people in Texas of Swedish descent.

Date: 1919

Creator: Severin, Ernest, 1871-; Scott, Alf. L. (Alfred L.), 1862-; Westerberg, T. J. (Thor Julius), 1874- & Öjerholm, J. M. (John Melcher), 1858-

Item Type: Book

Svenskarne I Texas I Ord Och Bild, 1838-1918: Volume 2

Compilation of photos with biographical and historical information about people in Texas of Swedish descent.

Date: 1919

Creator: Severin, Ernest, 1871-; Scott, Alf. L. (Alfred L.), 1862-; Westerberg, T. J. (Thor Julius), 1874- & Öjerholm, J. M. (John Melcher), 1858-

Item Type: Book

[Swedish Inscription in Lundgren Family Bible]

Inscription and poem written in Swedish listing the birth and death dates of "Lundgren," in the Lundgren family bible.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Text

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[Photograph of the Hanson Sisters]

[Photograph of the Hanson Sisters]

[Photograph of the Henry Charles Johanson Home, East Sweden, Texas]

[Photograph of the Johanson Family, East Sweden, Texas, 1937]

[Photograph of the Swedish Free Mission Church Historic Marker]

[Photograph of Virgil and Lillie Dahlberg]

[Photographs of Railroad Construction]

[Postcard of Nine Community School, McCulloch County, Texas]

[Postcard of Stockholm, Sweden]

Programme - 30th Anniversary - West Sweden Methodist Church - June 9-13, 1937

[Ray Thornton's Business Card]

[Request for Information about C. J. Nelin's Arrival in America]

[Souvenir Card for Hanson School]

[Summary of Passenger Information for the S.S. ADRIATIC]

Svenskarne I Texas I Ord Och Bild, 1838-1918: Volume 1

Svenskarne I Texas I Ord Och Bild, 1838-1918: Volume 2

[Swedish Inscription in Lundgren Family Bible]