Om genstanden
Postkort fra Albert Nielsen til Mr. And Mrs. John S. Nelson, brev mellem Carl Nielsens brødre. Albert skriver, mens han er på vej hjem til USA efter besøg i Danmark. Motiv på forsiden: Dampskib i farver. Bagpå skrevet: "Mr. & Mrs. John S. Nelson/ 339 W. Norris Str./ Ironwood Mich./ U.S.A./ United States/ Dear Brother and Sister/ Well we are still aboard/ ship expect to be in New/ York tomorrow Wednesday/ Nov. 4. Had a wonderfull/ time in Denmark, am going/ back to stay as soon as/ I sell out in Chicago no place/ on Eart as the place we where/ born A great Festival was/ held in Copenhage the 9th of June/ Carls Birthday it was wonder-/full, he is a great man i Europe/ and a good Brother, write soon/ Yours loving Albert"
Genstanden er doneret til Odense Bys Museer i august 2011. Det er givet af enken efter George E. Nelson, der var barnebarn til John S. Nelson. Kassen fra Amerika med div. Nielseniana (plader, breve, fotos mm) ankom til Odense fra USA 13. oktober 2011.
Melanie Nelson skriver bl.a. i mail af 31.7.2011: "Sophus Nielsen, brother of Carl Nielsen emigrated to the USA and changed his name to John Nelson. In his last years he lived in Ironwood, Michigan and Mercer, Wisconsin with his wife Jenny. Their only child was a son George I Nelson. George's son George E. Nelson, is my late husband. George died of a heart attack May 17, 2006, near Munster, Germany where we were vacationing.
My George and his siblings, Johnny and Prudence, lived with his grandfather and grandmother, John and Jenny Nelson, for 2 years during The Great Depression, and I was told that although Sophus (John) was over 70 years old, he got up early every morning and made oatmeal for the children before they went to school. Johnny died in 1953 in Canada on a canoe trip, and Prudence died 2002 in Mercer Wisconsin of a rare cancer."
