Title: Herb Altenberg
Dates: ca. 1880-1951
Quantity: 41 items
Abstract: Images of Belfield including the Sentinel Butte Saddlery Co., schools, and a July 4th parade. Also includes Markwart family portraits, the Belfield baseball team, and a flood in 1909.
Provenance: The State Historical Society of North Dakota acquired this collection from Herb W. Altenberg in September 1992.
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Biographical Sketch - Fred and Emelia Altenburg
from Stark County Heritage and Destiny, 1978
Fred and Emelia Altenburg moved to Belfield, N.D. March 1909. Fred William Altenburg was born in Amboy, Minn. Oct. 27, 1876. As a young man he learned the harness trade from Fred Schwartz at Amboy. He moved to Fessenden N.D. in 1902 and worked in a harness shop where he met Emelia Markwart.
Emelia Markwart was born to Mr. and Mrs. Carl Markwart in Russia Dec. 27, 1886 and came to the Fessenden area with her family in 1890. She married Fred Altenburg in Fessenden Nov. 9, 1904. Their son Herbert was born Oct. 5, 1905. Soon after, they moved to Coleharbor N.D. where Fred started in the hardware business. Their daughter Ruth was born Oct. 24, 1907. Early in 1909 the hardware store burned leaving the young couple without a means of earning a living. The family moved to Belfield where Fred became manager of the Sentinel Butte Saddlery Co. In 1916 Fred and Emelia filed on a homestead west of Medora, Emelia and the two children lived on the homestead in a log house from the first of April to the last of November. For three years the children went to school in Medora in the fall and spring and in Belfield during the winter months. Fred maintained the home in Belfield since he worked in the harness shop year round.
Fred passed away Nov. 13, 1958 at age 82. Emilia died Feb. 28, 1976,
Biographical Sketch - Herbert W. Altenburg
from The Dickinson Press, Thursday May 28, 1998
Herbert W. Altenburg, 92, Bismarck, died on Tuesday May 26, 1998 at St. Vincent's Care Center, Bismarck. He was born Oct. 5, 1905 in Fessenden to Frederick W. and Emelia (Markwart) Altenburg. He moved with his parents to Coleharbor at the age of one and to Belfield in March 1909. He attended school in Belfield and graduated from high school there in 1924. On Nov. 29, 1936 he married Brenda Telford in Belfield. He began training to be a barber while attending high school and continued barbering until they moved to Bismarck in 1972. He was an ardent sports fan of all local sports as well as professional sports. He worked as an usher at the Bismarck Civic Center for several years. He was a 50 year member of the Roosevelt Memorial Lodge and also the Centennial Eastern Star. He belonged to the Senior Citizens, Order of the Blind, and the Presbyterian Church.
He is survived by his wife Brenda, Bismarck; one daughter, Sharon Grinsteinner, Kamuela, Hawaii; one son, Jeffrey, Dickinson; five grandchildren; seven great grandchildren; and a sister.
PHOTOGRAPHS INVENTORY
00946-00001 Parade, Belfield (N.D.) 07/04/1911
00946-00002 Street scene, Belfield (N.D.) XX
00946-00003 Herb Altenburg cutting hair in barbershop, Belfield (N.D.) ca. 1940
00946-00004 Sentinel Butte Saddlery, Belfield (N.D.) 07/30/1909
00946-00005 Sentinel Butte Saddlery Co. float in parade, Belfield (N.D.) 07/04/1911
00946-00006 Pupils in a classroom n.d.
00946-00007 Students and teachers posed in front of Roosevelt School, Belfield (N.D.) ca. 1910
00946-00008 Herb Altenburg cutting hair in barbershop, Belfield (N.D.) ca. 1940
00946-00009 Blom's Shop float in parade, Belfield (N.D.) 07/04/1911
00946-00010 Interior of Sentinel Butte Saddlery Co., Belfield (N.D.) ca. 1910
00946-00011 Interior Sentinel Butte Saddlery Co., Belfield (N.D.) ca. 1910
00946-00012 Parade, Belfield (N.D.) 07/04/1911
00946-00013 J. McCabe building, Belfield (N.D.) ca. 1910
00946-00014 Marketing grain at Belfield (N.D.) ca. 1910
00946-00015 Street scene, Belfield (N.D.) ca. 1910
00946-00016 Group swimming ca. 1910
00946-00017 Wagon at the edge of flood waters, Belfield (N.D.) 08/12/1909
00946-00018 Schoolhouse, Belfield (N.D.) ca. 1936
00946-00019 Roosevelt School, Belfield (N.D.) ca. 1910
00946-00020 Group in front of the High School, Belfield (N.D.) ca. 1940
00946-00021 Parade, Belfield (N.D.) ca. 1909
00946-00022 Bird's eye view of Belfield (N.D.) ca. 1909
00946-00023 Street scene, Belfield (N.D.) 1909
00946-00024 Flood, Belfield (N.D.) 08/12/1909
00946-00025 Man standing in flood waters, Belfield (N.D.)08/12/1909
00946-00026 Wilhelmina Markwart portrait taken at Fessenden (N.D.) n.d.
00946-00027 Family portrait ca. 1905. L-R Seated: Emelia Markwart Altenberg, Wilhelmina Markwart, Emma Markwart Porter. L-R Standing: Anna Markwart Childs, Martha Markwart Robertson
00946-00028 Belfield baseball team ca. 1950-1951. L-R front row: Larry Richter, Herb Altenberg, Walter Haverlock, George Paluck. 2nd row: Gene Gross, Ted Nameniuk, James Schaff, Steven Prokop, Bill Richter, unknown. 3rd row: Bill Zark, Willie Paluck, John Steiner, Bob ?ilkowski, Stan Petrowski, Louis Palley
00946-00029 Belfield baseball team ca. 1950-1951. L-R Front Row: George Paluck, Bill Richter, James Schaff, Larry Richter, Steven Prokop. Back Row: Walter Haverlock, Willie Paluck, John Steiner, Bob ?ilkowski, Stan Petrowski, Louis Palley
00946-00030 Sentinel Butte Saddlery Co. Christmas party, Belfield (N.D.) 1910-1911
00946-00031 Schmimam boys, girls, step sisters and brother of Emila 1910-1911
00946-00032 Mr. and Mrs. Rudolph Markwart wedding portrait ca. 1915
00946-00033 Albert Markwart children ca. 1915
00946-00034 Bill and Bertha Maxwell ca. 1915
00946-00035 Ernestina and Julius Markwart with a cat ca. 1940
00946-00036 Carl Markwart family ca. 1895
00946-00037 Carl Markwart ca. 1880
00946-00038 Native Americans dancing n.d.
00946-00039 Schoolhouse, Coleharbor (N.D.) ca. 1910
00946-00040 Wooden Shoe Race, Belfield (N.D.) 07/04/1911
00946-00041 Harness and Shoe Shop, Belfield (N.D.) 1912
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