Kearney County NeArchives Biographies.....Anderson, Alfred Theodore 1865 - 
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Source: Nebraskana
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Alfred Theodore Anderson

Alfred Theodore Anderson, son of August and Ingar (Timmansdotter) Anderson, was
born in Skane, Sweden, July 17, 1865, and came to Kearney at the age of ten.

His father, born in Sweden, August 24, 1841 was a dairyman there, and after
coming to America engaged in wagon making and farming. He died at Liberal,
Kansas, in October, 1919. His mother, born in Sweden, February 17, 1840, died at
Kearney, August 23, 1879.

Mr. Anderson attended the public schools of Kearnev, denominational school in
Minneapolis, and took special courses in photography. He came to America at the
age of two, lived in Knoxville, Galesburg, and Woodhull, Illinois, until 1875,
and has since been a resident of Kearney.

Since 1886, Mr. Anderson has operated The Anderson Studio. Prior thereto he was
associated with Mr. J. A. Stridborg in the photographic business. During
1924-25, he spent a year traveling and taking photographs in Northwestern Spain.
Mr. Anderson is a member of the Photographers’ International Association of
America. His hobby is cabinet making and the invention and construction of
photographic apparatus.

His marriage to Alma Matilda Wickstrom was solemnized in Phelps County,
September 11, 1892, and to them three children were born: Ruth, born September
8, 1893; Miriam, born August 17, 1895; and Elizabeth, born November 30, 1913.
Miriam is married to Montague H. Worlock; both Miriam and Ruth are
photographers, while Elizabeth is a student at Barnard College in New York City.

Mr. Anderson is a Republican. He is a member of the First Baptist Church, the
Chamber of Commerce, and the Nebraskana Society. He is a trustee of his church,
and during 1907-08, was secretary of the Nebraska State Photographers’
Association. From 1906-11, he served on the Kearney School Board. Beginning his
career as a photographer at the age of 16, Mr. Anderson recently celebrated his
fiftieth anniversary in the business. Residence: Kearney.


Additional Comments:
Extracted from 
Nebraskana
Edited by Sara Mullin Baldwin & Robert Morton Baldwin

The Baldwin Company
Hebron, NE
1932

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