Bob and Pauline Haug

Name/Title

Bob and Pauline Haug

Entry/Object ID

LU69.1

Description

Bobby and Pauline Haug. 4" x 2 1/4" black and white photograph of brother and sister, 14-year old Robert Haug and 6-month old Pauline Haug (Fenelon) posing in front of their family barn and farmyard in the summer of 1939; visible are chickens, granary, tractor, bicycle beside barn; the barn is a gambrel-roof style.

Context

Farmstead, east Otisco township, farmyard, farmhouse. Farm was purchased from Anna Kinder in the 1920s by Norwegian (Hurdal) immigrants Lauritz (L.G.) Haug and his wife, Pauline Pedersdatter Garsjoen; their son Ralph Haug and his wife Helen Johnson (A.D. & Inger Hartz Johnson) farmed from the 1920s to the 1960s; third generation Robert "Bobby" Haug and his wife Lorraine Hagen Haug were the last Haugs to own the farmstead. In 2003, the land is still farmed by a great-grandson of the original Haug owner. At about age 10, Robert Haug broke his leg when he jumped down from the inside roof cupola to land on the hay in the loft only to find that the hay was only a few inches thick. In about 1935, a barn dance was held in this barn's loft to celebrate a family birthday. In preparation for the crowd, a large set of steps were built outside the barn on the north end so that guests could easily walk up to the second story. Live music was provided by the Louie Olson band of Albert Lea.

Cataloged By

Legacy Photo Import

Made/Created

Date made

1939

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Print, Photographic

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Photograph

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Graphic Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Condition

Overall Condition

Good

Create Date

October 9, 2003

Update Date

May 13, 2025