Museum receives photographs

(Courtesy of the 6-13-13 edition of THE CHRONICLE)

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 Museum Receives Award-Winning Photographs
The Odebolt Museum has acquired nine historic photographs of the Odebolt and Arthur vicinity.  The 8 x 20 black and white photos were taken in the 1920's by A. B. Christenson and feature the Adams Ranch and some area activities. 

The collection also includes an award-winning photo taken in 1923 of about 30 mule teams harvesting oats on the ranch.  A. B. Christenson won $50 from the Des Moines Register for best agricultural photo of the year with that picture. 

Arthur Christenson (1896-1979) was born near Kiron, Iowa, the youngest of ten children, and lived most of his life in the area, spending 14 years in Lyons, Kansas before retiring to Battle Creek in 1961.  The pictures are given with permission by the family of his daughter, Bette (Christenson) Schmidt and her children, Dixie Brueck, Richard Schmidt, Jr., James Schmidt, Susan Schmidt, John Schmidt and Betsy Dettman.