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Apple sliced in half and photographed with a ruler for scale for N.E. Hansen's research.
Apple specimen, undated
Apple photographed with a ruler for scale for N.E. Hansen's research.
Apple specimen, undated
Apple photographed with a ruler for scale for N.E. Hansen's research.
Apple specimen, undated
Three assistants to N.E. Hansen are gathering specimens in their search for hardy peach trees in Mendoche in northern China in 1924; written in pencil on the back: Mendoche, North China 1924.
Assistants to N.E. Hansen gather specimens in their search for hardy peach trees in northern China in 1924
Assistants to N.E. Hansen gather specimens of pears in Saolin in northern China; written in pencil on the back: Saolin 1924 North China pear research.
Assistants to N.E. Hansen gather specimens of pears in Saolin in northern China in 1924
Assistants to N.E. Hansen gather specimens of pears in Saolin in northern China; written in pencil on the back: Saolin 1924 North China pear research.
Assistants to N.E. Hansen gather specimens of pears in Saolin in northern China in 1924
Large baskets of fruit for sale at a bazaar in Fushun, Manchuria in northern China; written in pencil on the back: Fruit bazaar at Futachien 1924.
Baskets of fruit at a bazaar in Fushun, Manchuria in northern China in 1924
Man selling fruit at a bazaar in Fushun, Manchuria in northern China; written in pencil on the back: Futachien 1924.
Bazaar in Fushun, Manchuria in northern China in 1924
Fruit sellers at a bazaar in Fushun, Manchuria in northern China; written in pencil on the back: Futachien 1924.
Bazaar in Fushun, Manchuria in northern China in 1924
People buying and selling fruits and vegetables at a bazaar in Fushun, Manchuria in northern China; written in pencil on the back: Futachien 1924.
Bazaar in Fushun, Manchuria in northern China in 1924
People looking at fruits and vegetables for sale at a bazaar in Fushun, Manchuria in northern China; written in pencil on the back: Futachien 1924.
Bazaar in Fushun, Manchuria in northern China in 1924
Man sitting on a table at a bazaar in Fushun, Manchuria in northern China; written in pencil on the back: Futachien 1924.
Bazaar in Fushun, Manchuria in northern China in 1924
Many people in a bazaar in Fushun, Manchuria in northern China, there is fruit in the foreground; written in pencil on the back: Futachien 1924.
Bazaar in Fushun, Manchuria in northern China in 1924
People looking at fruits and vegetables for sale at a bazaar in Fushun, Manchuria in northern China; written in pencil on the back: Fruit and vegetable bazaar at Futachien 1924.
Bazaar in Fushun, Manchuria in northern China in 1924
People gathered at a bazaar on the Trans-Siberian Railway enroute to Saolin in northern China; written in pencil on the back: On Siberian Railway enroute to Saolin 1924 North China.
Bazaar on the Trans-Siberian Railway enroute to Saolin in northern China in 1924
Busy street in Fushun, Manchuria in northern China; written in pencil on the back: Futachien 1924.
Busy street in Fushun, Manchuria in northern China in 1924
Transmission lines above buildings on a busy community street on the Trans-Siberian Railway enroute to Saolin in northern China; written in pencil on the back: On Siberian Railway enroute to Saolin 1924 North China.
Community on the Trans-Siberian Railway enroute to Saolin in northern China in 1924
People in a courtyard by a large ornate tower made of brick with a crumbling archway, Russian words written in Cyrillic script is on the building, taken during N.E. Hansen's trip to Semipalatinsk, Russia.
Courtyard in Semipalatinsk, Russia in 1913
Steamer ship by the dock at the port in Tokyo Bay at Yokahama, Japan, there are people waiting to board the ship on the dock, a small boat is in the water in the foreground, the ship is possibly a steamer ship called the Admiral from a line of ships owned and operated by the United States government; written in pencil on the back: Yokohama 1924.
Dock at the port in Tokyo Bay at Yokahama, Japan in 1924
N.E. Hansen standing by a small table in a room with horticultural displays of flowers and fruits.
Dr. N.E. Hansen at a horticultural display, undated
Dr. N.E. Hansen and an unknown man are in a greenhouse full of flowers on the campus of South Dakota State College.
Dr. N.E. Hansen in a South Dakota State College greenhouse, undated
Dr. N.E. Hansen and an unknown man are in a greenhouse full of flowers on the campus of South Dakota State College.
Dr. N.E. Hansen in a South Dakota State College greenhouse, undated
Dr. N.E. Hansen and an another man are in a greenhouse full of flowers on the campus of South Dakota State College.
Dr. N.E. Hansen in a South Dakota State College greenhouse, undated
Dr. N.E. Hansen and an another man are in a greenhouse full of flowers on the campus of South Dakota State College.
Dr. N.E. Hansen in a South Dakota State College greenhouse, undated
Rare portrait of Dr. N.E. Hansen without a beard, he is wearing an overcoat and a hat and seated in a chair.
Dr. N.E. Hansen, undated
Dr. N.E. Hansen in a suit and tie and wearing a hat while he looks at bushes.
Dr. N.E. Hansen, undated
Family waiting to board a Trans-Siberian Railway rail car in northern China in 1924; written in pencil on the back: On Siberian Railway through North China 1924.
Family waiting to board a Trans-Siberian Railway rail car in northern China in 1924
Field and village nestled in the mountains by the Inland Sea in Japan, a fence can be seen in the foreground; written in pencil on the back: along Inland Sea, Japan 1924.
Field and village by the Inland Sea in Japan in 1924
Field and village nestled in the mountains by the Inland Sea in Japan; written in pencil on the back: along Inland Sea, Japan 1924.
Field and village by the Inland Sea in Japan in 1924
Fruit peddlers at Anda in northern China, a man is walking across the tracks of the Trans-Siberian Railway, there are soybeans temporarily stored in covered bins awaiting shipment in the background; written in pencil on the back: Soybeans stored ready for shipment at Anda, North China 1924.
Fruit peddlers at Anda in northern China in 1924
Fruit peddlers at Anda in northern China, soybeans are temporarily stored in covered bins awaiting shipment in the background; written in pencil on the back: Soybeans stored ready for shipment at Anda, North China 1924.
Fruit peddlers at Anda in northern China in 1924
Men selling fruit on the Trans-Siberian Railway in Manchuria, China; written in pencil on the back: Chinese selling fruit on Siberian Railway Manchuria 1924.
Fruit sellers on the Trans-Siberian Railway in Manchuria, China in 1924
Fruit tree on the campus of South Dakota State College was part of N.E. Hansen's research on fruit.
Fruit tree at South Dakota State College, undated
Fruit tree on the campus of South Dakota State College was part of N.E. Hansen's research on fruit.
Fruit tree at South Dakota State College, undated
Ornamental plantings in a garden in Harbin, China; written in pencil on the back: Garden at Harbin 1924.
Garden in Harbin, China in 1924
Ornamental plantings in a park in Harbin, China; written in pencil on the back: Garden at Harbin 1924.
Garden in Harbin, China in 1924
Man in General Ma Zhanshan Gardens in Harbin, China; written in pencil on the back: In General Ma's Garden, Harbin, China, 1924.
General Ma Zhanshan Gardens in Harbin, China in 1924
Karakul fat tailed sheep were white long haired woolen sheep found in Turkistan that N.E. Hansen urged should be imported to the United States for dry hot regions like Arizona and New Mexico.
Karakul fat tailed sheep of Turkistan, undated
Lillian Gibson roses, developed by N.E. Hansen, were named for Mrs. Charles W. Pugsley at the request of her husband, Charles W. Pugsley, who was president of South Dakota State College from 1923-1940.
Lillian Gibson roses at South Dakota State college in 1940
Man with a carrying pole on his shoulders and two baskets full of pears at N.E. Hansen's headquarters while conducting pear research at Saolin in northern China; written in pencil on the back: North China 1924.
Local man assisting N.E. Hansen while he conducts pear research at Saolin in northern China in 1924
Man with a carrying pole on his shoulders is with another man and a young child in front of N.E. Hansen's headquarters while conducting pear research at Saolin in northern China; written in pencil on the back: North China 1924.
Local man assisting N.E. Hansen while he conducts pear research at Saolin in northern China in 1924
Man with a carrying pole on his shoulders and a basket full of pears at N.E. Hansen's headquarters while conducting pear research at Saolin in northern China; written in pencil on the back: North China 1924.
Local man assisting N.E. Hansen while he conducts pear research at Saolin in northern China in 1924
Man feeding chickens in Saolin in northern China where N.E. Hansen was conducting research on pears; written in pencil on the back: Saolin, Manchuria 1924 North China pear research.
Man feeding chickens in Saolin in northern China in 1924
Men selling pears by the Trans-Siberian Railway east of Harbin, China while other walk by; written in pencil on the back: Chinese selling pears on East Siberian Railway east of Harbin, 1924.
Man selling pears on East Siberian railway by Harbin, China in 1924
Man standing on a stone walkway by a small fence by a plot of plant near the Trans-Siberian Railway in northern China; written in pencil on the back: On Siberian Railway 1924.
Man waiting near the Trans-Siberian Railway in north China in 1924
Man standing on a stone walkway by a small fence by a plot of plant near the Trans-Siberian Railway in northern China; written in pencil on the back: On Siberian Railway 1924.
Man waiting near the Trans-Siberian Railway in north China in 1924
Mausoleum of General Ma Zhanshan in Harbin, China; written in pencil on the back: Mausoleum built by General Ma for himself and two wives, Harbin, China, 1924.
Mausoleum of General Ma Zhanshan in Harbin, China in 1924
View of the Mausoleum of General Ma Zhanshan in Harbin, China; written in pencil on the back: Mausoleum built by General Ma for himself and two wives, Harbin, China, 1924.
Mausoleum of General Ma Zhanshan in Harbin, China in 1924
Monument dedicated to N.E. Hansen in recognition to his service to South Dakota State College, it was located in between the Administration Building and the Horticulture Building; the bronze citation reads: 'South Dakota State College seeks to perpetuate the memory of its long-time fruit and plant breeder: Niels Ebbesen Hansen. Born at Rebe, Denmark, January 4, 1866, came to the United States in 1873. Made Professor of Horticulture of South Dakota State College in 1895; Professor Emeritus in 1937. A world traveler and collector of plants, he developed drought resistant verities of fruits, flowers, and grasses for the Great Plains. His efforts provided the people of the Great Plains the means through which they enjoy a better living. August 25, 1959.' The rock was donated by Jno E. Gueffroy from near Colman, South Dakota. It is approximately 4.5 feet tall, 4.5 feet wide, with a 26 inch base.
Memorial dedicated to N.E. Hansen at South Dakota State College in 1949
Men walking over the rails at the Trans-Siberian Railway east of Harbin, China; written in pencil on the back: Siberian Railway east of Harbin, 1924.
Men at the Trans-Siberian Railway east of Harbin, China in 1924
Men selling wild grapes by the Trans-Siberian Railway east of Harbin, China; written in pencil on the back: Selling wild grapes on railway east of Harbin, 1924.
Men selling wild grapes by the Trans-Siberian Railway by Harbin, China, 19224
Men working on a Trans-Siberian Railway train car enroute to Manzhouli, Manchuria in northern China; written in pencil on the back: Siberian Railway enroute to Manchouli 1924.
Men working on a Trans-Siberian Railway train car enroute to Manzhouli, Manchuria in northern China in 1924
Monument in General Ma Zhanshan Gardens in Harbin, China; written in pencil on the back: Monument General Ma's Garden on the outskirts of Harbin, China, 1924.
Monument in General Ma Zhanshan Gardens in Harbin, China in 1924
Mountain scenery by the Trans-Siberian Railway in northern China; written in pencil on the back: North China 1924.
Mountain scenery by the Trans-Siberian Railway in northern China in 1924
Mountain scenery on the Trans-Siberian Railway at Saolin in northern where N.E. Hansen was conducting research on pears.
Mountain scenery on the Trans-Siberian Railway at Saolin in northern China in 1924
N.E. Hansen holding alfalfa in his arms.
N.E. Hansen
N.E. Hansen (wearing black collared overcoat and a hat) is standing by two horses drawing an unknown type of machinery, possible a planter of some king, there are three men, one driving and two sitting on the planter, the photograph was taken while N.E. Hansen was among the Kirghiz Tartars in Semipalatinsk, Siberia.
N.E. Hansen among the Kirghiz Tartars in Semipalatinsk, Siberia in 1913
N.E. Hansen and his three assistants gathering specimens in a field with a horse-drawn wagon at Mendoche before they begin a search for hardy peach trees in northern China, there is a dog in the grass; written in pencil on the back: Mendoche 1924 North China.
N.E. Hansen and his assistants begin a search for hardy peach trees in northern China in 1924
N.E. Hansen and his three assistants gathering specimens in a field with a horse-drawn wagon at Mendoche before they begin a search for hardy peach trees in northern China, there is a dog in the grass; written in pencil on the back: Mendoche 1924 North China.
N.E. Hansen and his assistants begin a search for hardy peach trees in northern China in 1924
N.E. Hansen and his three assistants stand by a horse-drawn wagon by a building at Mendoche before they begin a search for hardy peach trees in northern China; written in pencil on the back: Mendoche 1924 North China.
N.E. Hansen and his assistants begin a search for hardy peach trees in northern China in 1924
N.E. Hansen and his three assistants stand by a horse-drawn wagon by a building at Mendoche before they begin a search for hardy peach trees in northern China; written in pencil on the back: Mendoche 1924 North China.
N.E. Hansen and his assistants begin a search for hardy peach trees in northern China in 1924
N.E. Hansen and his three assistants gathering specimens in a field with a horse-drawn wagon at Mendoche before they begin a search for hardy peach trees in northern China, there is a dog in the grass; written in pencil on the back: Mendoche 1924 North China.
N.E. Hansen and his assistants begin a search for hardy peach trees in northern China in 1924
N.E. Hansen at Ivan V. Michurin's orchard near Chelyabinsk, Russia, Hansen's son, Carl Hansen, is behind him eating fruit.
N.E. Hansen and his son, Carl Hansen in Russia in 1934
N.E. Hansen and his son, Carl Hansen, at an orchard near Chelyabinsk, Russia; written in pencil on the back: one of the orchard places Russia 1934.
N.E. Hansen and his son, Carl Hansen in Russia in 1934
N.E. Hansen and his son, Carl Hansen, with three men at an orchard near Chelyabinsk, Russia; written in pencil on the back: one of the orchard places Russia 1934.
N.E. Hansen and his son, Carl Hansen, in Russia in 1934
N.E. Hansen and his son, Carl Hansen, in the back seat of a car with an unknown man in Chelyabinsk, Russia, there are people crowding around the car.
N.E. Hansen and his son, Carl Hansen, in Russia in 1934
N.E. Hansen (right of tree) and his son, Carl Hansen (far right) are with three other men in Russia.
N.E. Hansen and his son, Carl Hansen, in Russia in 1934
N.E. Hansen (back row hear center with lighter color jacket, white beard) and Ivan V. Michurin (seated in front of Hansen) pose for a photograph with a large group of people at Michurin's orchard in Chelyabinsk, Russia.
N.E. Hansen and Ivan V. Michurin in Chelyabinsk, Russia in 1934
N.E. Hansen and Ivan V. Michurin, a Russian horticulturalist, looking at a field notebook at his orchard in Russia.
N.E. Hansen and Ivan V. Michurin in Russia in 1934
N.E. Hansen meeting Ivan V. Michurin, a Russian horticulturalist, at his orchard in Russia.
N.E. Hansen and Ivan V. Michurin in Russia in 1934
N.E. Hansen and native Manchu mountain farmer in Myfun in northern China in 1924, note the noodles and squash drying in the background; written in pencil on the back: Myfun, North China N.E. Hansen and native Manchu mountain farmer note macaroni hung up in rear and dried squash.
N.E. Hansen and Manchu mountain farmer in Myfun in northern China in 1924
N.E. Hansen and two assistants are gathering specimens in their search for hardy peach trees in Mendoche in northern China in 1924; written in pencil on the back: Mendoche, North China 1924.
N.E. Hansen and two assistants gather specimens in their search for hardy peach trees in northern China in 1924
N.E. Hansen and two assistants climb rough terrain to gather specimens in their search for hardy peach trees in Mendoche in northern China in 1924; written in pencil on the back: Mendoche, North China 1924.
N.E. Hansen and two assistants gather specimens in their search for hardy peach trees in northern China in 1924
N.E. Hansen and two assistants climb rough terrain to gather specimens in their search for hardy peach trees in Mendoche in northern China in 1924; written in pencil on the back: Mendoche, North China 1924.
N.E. Hansen and two assistants gather specimens in their search for hardy peach trees in northern China in 1924
N.E. Hansen and two assistants are gathering specimens in their search for hardy peach trees in Mendoche in northern China in 1924; written in pencil on the back: Mendoche, North China 1924.
N.E. Hansen and two assistants gather specimens in their search for hardy peach trees in northern China in 1924
N.E. Hansen and two assistants climb rough terrain to gather specimens in their search for hardy peach trees in Mendoche in northern China in 1924, Hansen is holding a peach tree specimen, one man is holding a gun; written in pencil on the back: Mendoche, North China 1924.
N.E. Hansen and two assistants gather specimens in their search for hardy peach trees in northern China in 1924
N.E. Hansen and two assistants gather specimens in their search for hardy peach trees in Mendoche in northern China in 1924, Hansen is holding a peach tree specimen, one man is holding a gun, burlap bags are holding specimens, there is a dog in the foreground; written in pencil on the back: Mendoche, North China 1924.
N.E. Hansen and two assistants gather specimens in their search for hardy peach trees in northern China in 1924
N.E. Hansen and two assistants climb rough terrain to gather specimens in their search for hardy peach trees in Mendoche in northern China in 1924; written in pencil on the back: Mendoche, North China 1924.
N.E. Hansen and two assistants gather specimens in their search for hardy peach trees in northern China in 1924
N.E. Hansen and two assistants climb rough terrain to gather specimens in their search for hardy peach trees in Mendoche in northern China in 1924; written in pencil on the back: Mendoche, North China 1924.
N.E. Hansen and two assistants gather specimens in their search for hardy peach trees in northern China in 1924
N.E. Hansen and two assistants rest in the grass on their search for hardy peach trees in Mendoche in northern China in 1924; written in pencil on the back: Mendoche, North China 1924.
N.E. Hansen and two assistants on their search for hardy peach trees in northern China in 1924
N.E. Hansen looking at bags of soybeans at a bazaar in Fushun, Manchuria in northern China, there are men sitting by a building in the background; written in pencil on the back: Soybeans at Futachien 1924.
N.E. Hansen at a bazaar in Fushun, Manchuria in northern China in 1924
N.E. Hansen looking at onions and other vegetables for sale at a bazaar in Fushun, Manchuria in northern China; written in pencil on the back: Onions, etc. at Futachien 1924.
N.E. Hansen at a bazaar in Fushun, Manchuria in northern China in 1924
N.E. Hansen at a bazaar in Fushun, Manchuria in northern China, there are men sitting by a building in the background; written in pencil on the back: Futachien 1924.
N.E. Hansen at a bazaar in Fushun, Manchuria in northern China in 1924
N.E. Hansen stands in front of the South Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station display, there is a sign that encourages viewers to 'Join the State Horticultural Society' and features the Waneta Plum, there is a sign for "Breeding Hardy Fruits" and may South Dakota State College pennants and a United States flag hanging on the wall in the booth
N.E. Hansen at a South Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station display, undated
Man smiles for the camera while N.E. Hansen is looking the fruit he has for sale at a bazaar in Harbin, China; written in pencil on the back: Harbin 1924.
N.E. Hansen at bazaar in Harbin, China, 1924
N.E. Hansen and another man are standing in a Kaoliang sorghum field at Echo in Manchuria, China; written in pencil on the back: Kaoliang at Echo, Manchuria 1924.
N.E. Hansen in a Kaoliang sorghum field at Echo in Manchuria, China in 1924
N.E. Hansen with two others standing in a Kaoliang sorghum field at Echo in Manchuria, China; written in pencil on the back: Kaoliang at Echo, Manchuria 1924.
N.E. Hansen in a Kaoliang sorghum field at Echo in Manchuria, China in 1924
N.E. Hansen with two others standing in a Kaoliang sorghum field at Echo in Manchuria, China; written in pencil on the back: Kaoliang at Echo, Manchuria 1924.
N.E. Hansen in a Kaoliang sorghum field at Echo in Manchuria, China in 1924
N.E. Hansen and another man are standing in a Kaoliang sorghum field at Echo in Manchuria, China; written in pencil on the back: Kaoliang at Echo, Manchuria 1924.
N.E. Hansen in a Kaoliang sorghum field at Echo in Manchuria, China in 1924
N.E. Hansen and another man are sitting in rickshaws while Hansen was on the hunt for pears in northern China, there are several children surrounding them; written in pencil on the back: 1924 Hunting for Pears Niels Hansen north China.
N.E. Hansen in a rickshaw in northern China in 1924
N.E. Hansen posing for a photograph with four people Chelyabinsk, Russia; written in pencil on the back: Tscheljabinsk 1934.
N.E. Hansen in Chelyabinsk, Russia in 1934
N.E. Hansen looking at a sapling tree at in orchard in Chelyabinsk, Russia with two other men; written in pencil on the back: Tscheljabinsk 1934.
N.E. Hansen in Chelyabinsk, Russia in 1934
N.E. Hansen with a man wearing white in Fushun, Manchuria in northern China; written in pencil on the back: Futachien 1924.
N.E. Hansen in Fushun, Manchuria in northern China in 1924
N.E. Hansen during his trip to Russia in 1934.
N.E. Hansen in Russia in 1934
N.E. Hansen wearing a Siberian costume and holding a sheaf of wild Siberian flowered alfalfa.
N.E. Hansen in Siberian costume with a sheaf of alfalfa in 1906
N.E. Hansen Memorial Garden located at McCrory Gardens on the campus of South Dakota State University in Brookings, South Dakota.
N.E. Hansen Memorial Garden at McCrory Gardens in Brookings, South Dakota in 1996
N.E. Hansen Memorial Garden located at McCrory Gardens on the campus of South Dakota State University in Brookings, South Dakota.
N.E. Hansen Memorial Garden at McCrory Gardens in Brookings, South Dakota in 1996
N.E. Hansen is seated the back of a horse drawn wagon full of wild Siberian alfalfa, there are camels behind him and several other people around him, the photographs was taken while N.E. Hansen was among the Kirghiz Tartars in Semipalatinsk, Siberia.
N.E. Hansen on the hardy alfalfa trail among the Kirghiz Tartars in Semipalatinsk, Siberia in 1913
N.E. Hansen on the hardy alfalfa trail in Siberia, there are three horse-drawn wagons in a town, Hansen is riding on the first wagon.
N.E. Hansen on the hardy alfalfa trail Siberia in 1913
N.E. Hansen and a companion on a horse-drawn wagon ready to start the Da Hinggan mountain range in northern China; written in pencil on the back: Starting over the mountains to Hinggan 1924 North China.
N.E. Hansen ready to start over the Da Hinggan mountain range in northern China in 1924