ALBERT JAPS:

An Inventory of His Family Photographs at the Minnesota Historical Society

Sound and Visual Collection

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Creator:Japs, Albert, photographer.
Title:Japs family photo album.
Dates:approximately 1909-1928.
Language:Materials in English.
Abstract:Includes images of the Japs and Roth families, their farms, homes, gatherings, the Minneapolis Threshing Company, the State and County fairs, and other events in the Hopkins area. Album includes extensive biographical and anecdotal information inserted before and after the pages containing the images.
Quantity:83 photographs: negative, glass, black and white; 4 x 5 inches 1 album (approximately 220 photographs): black and white and color; 12 x 13.5 inches
Location:Album 317: See Detailed Description for shelf locations.

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Albert Japs acquired his camera in 1910 and used it to shoot images on glass plate negatives until 1928 when he switched to film. Photographs in the album were printed from scans of the original glass plate negatives in 2009. The prints include text added by Albert's son, Clifford Japs, which is not present on the negatives. Some of the text is cut off at the edges of the photographs. Only 83 of the glass plate negatives were donated with the collection.


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Availability:

The collection is open for research use.

Alternate Form Available:

Family group at Albert Japs' home, Hopkins

Selected digital images from this collection are also available.

Preferred Citation:

[Indicate the cited item and/or series here]. Japs, Albert, Japs Family Photo Album. Minnesota Historical Society.

See the Chicago Manual of Style for additional examples.

Accession Information:

Accession number: AV2010.31

Processing Information:

Processed by: J. Huebscher, June 2010.

Catalog ID number: 990071431960104294


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DETAILED DESCRIPTION

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Album 317, page 1Views of a scrapbook, family history information, and the Albert Japs home in Peaceful Valley, Hopkins.
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Album 317, page 2Views of the cover, table of contents of the "Genealogy of the Japs Family" by Clifford C. Japs, and a family list for the Casper Roth, Jr. and Augusta Bandemere family.
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Album 317, page 3Views of the Albert Japs home at 633 Eighth Avenue, Hopkins, the William D. Japs home at Sixth Street South, Hopkins, Anna Herrick, and Gust and Eddie Japs, November and December 1910.
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Album 317, page 4Views of the Japs family group outside Albert's home during the Thanksgiving party, November 24, 1910.
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Album 317, page 5Views of Hopkins from atop the water tower that include scenes of homes and the Minneapolis Threshing Machine Company, December 5, 1910.
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Album 317, page 6Views of the Brunswick Hotel after the fire, several members of the Japs family, and two dogs, 1910.
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Album 317, page 7-8Views of the Roth family at their farm during Christmas, December 1910.
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Album 317, page 9Outdoor views of the Roth family farm in Schnappsburg and Tillie Roth tending the stove, December 1910.
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Album 317, page 10Views of members of the Roth and Japs families, including photographs of older photographs, 1896-1911.
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Album 317, page 11-12Views of members of the Roth family posed as if in a professional studio, and Albert Japs outside, 1911.
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Album 317, page 13-14Views of members of the Japs family, including two girls with their dolls, and the inside of Albert Japs' home, 1910-1911.
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Album 317, page 15Views of the exteriors of William Japs' and John Funk's homes in Carver, as well as bird's eye views of Carver from the bridge and Schoolhouse Hill, February 12, 1911.
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Album 317, page 16Views of members of the Japs family including George Japs in costume for a masquerade party, and an interior scene of Gust Japs' home, 1911.
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Album 317, page 17-18Outdoor views of Hopkins from the water tower, sewer pipes work, the streetcar bridge, and Charley Hansen with others outside the Minneapolis Threshing Machine Company, April 9, 1911.
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Album 317, page 19Outdoor views of the Minneapolis Threshing Machine Company, and members of the Japs and Anderson families on the porch at Grandpa Japs home, Peaceful Valley, Hopkins, 1911.
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Album 317, page 20Views of Albert and Tillie Japs' wedding cake, their wedding guests, and family members are a masquerade party, 1911.
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Album 317, page 21Views of the Hopkins - Glen Lake baseball game, and Tillie Japs outside her home and with a friend, 1911.
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Album 317, page 22Views of the Japs family and friends outdoors, 1911-1912.
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Album 317, page 23Views of the Schnappsberg cemetery and Grandma Elizabeth Roth, 1912.
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Album 317, page 24Views of the Japs family posed on the front porch of Albert Japs' home at Easter, Albert Japs with his bicycle, Mr. and Mrs. Peter Roth, and a pencil drawing, 1911-1912.
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Album 317, page 25Views of the Japs family posed on the front porch of Albert Japs' home at Easter, and a picnic at Rollon's Long Lake, 1912.
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Album 317, page 26Views of the celery washing shed, a celery cutting machine, and Tillie Japs at her home, 1912-1913.
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Album 317, page 27Views of the Aunt Dena Japs' and W. D. Japs' homes, as well as Lesetta Japs and her daughters, February, 1912.
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Album 317, page 28-29Views of the Minnesota State Fair, including the horse races, and scenes of Tillie Japs and Bertha and Elsie Roth, 1912.
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Album 317, page 30-31Views of the Hennepin County Fair in Hopkins and the Perbix family and family home at 11th Avenue North, Hopkins, 1912.
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Album 317, page 32-33Interior and exterior views of the new machine shop, office building, and workers for the Minneapolis Threshing Company, as well as Henry Japs with his horses, 1912-1913.
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Album 317, page 34Interior of the new machine shop and workers for the Minneapolis Threshing Company, as well as Anna Roth and a view of a house, 1913.
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Album 317, page 35Views of the fans and the baseball game at Oddfellows Lodge, 1913.
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Album 317, page 36Views of the Japs family automobile, bunnies at the farm, and Archie B. Japs as a baby, 1913.
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Album 317, page 37Views of the Japs family including Grandpa W. D. Japs, Barney Japs and his children, and Albert with Archie Japs as a baby, 1913.
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Album 317, page 38Views of the celery field, Albert Roth, and some of the younger Japs children, 1913.
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Album 317, page 39Humorous views of the Roth family as well as some Roth family portraits, 1913-1914.
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Album 317, page 40Views of the Otto Japs and Mabel Melcher wedding, a family picnic at W.D. Japs' home, and Edna Mather, 1914-1915.
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Album 317, page 41Views of Albert and Tillie Japs' home at Twelfth Avenue, Hopkins, Schoolhouse Hill, and Albert, Bernice, and Archie Japs, 1919-1925.
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Album 317, page 42Views of Archie Japs at Christmas, in his high chair, and outdoors, 1913-1916.
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Album 317, page 43-44Views of the Andersons, Mathers, Cliff, Bernice and Archie Japs, and exterior views of the Albert Japs home and automobiles at 209 Eleventh Avenue North, Hopkins, 1915-1926.
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Album 317, page 45Views of Cliff Japs as a toddler at Christmas and in his crib, 1926.
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Album 317, page 46Views of Cliff Japs as a toddler, and the Roth family reunion at Grandma Augusta's, 229 Tenth Avenue North, Hopkins, 1926-1928.

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This collection is indexed under the following headings in the catalog of the Minnesota Historical Society. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons or places should search the catalog using these headings.

Topics:
Dwellings -- Minnesota -- Photographs.
Fairs -- Minnesota -- Hennepin County -- Photographs.
Persons:
Japs family -- Photographs.
Roth family -- Photographs.
Meetings:
Minnesota State Fair -- Photographs.
Document Types:
Photographs.
Photograph albums.
Glass plate negatives.

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