A Bohm Family Album

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The following photographs are a sampling of  those in the Bohm Family Archive. For many years, most of the early images were in the possession of Hartha Sallen Bohm, Herman and Ida Bohm's youngest daughter. When she died in the 1970s, they came into the possession of Fred Bohm III. In this album, these images will be flagged with the phrase"Hartha Bohm Sallen photograph." Photographs and illustrative material from other sources will be labeled  appropriately.

From time to time, additional photographs, maps, drawings, and other images will be added to this page.

This small daguerreotype image was originally in a photo album retained for many years in the Bohm family and finally by Hartha Bohm Sallen. While the item is unmarked, it is likely a photograph of Herman Bohm as a young man (standing). Its location in the book, along with another image, indicates that this is almost certainly the  young Herman. It is possible that it was taken in Germany, or perhaps during his time in Wisconsin.The Hermann (from an 1870 oil painting), the ship on which Herman Bohm likely sailed for America in November 1870. The steamship Hermann was ordered by Norddeutscher Lloyd in August 1864 and laid down as the Europa at Caird & Co., yards in Greenock, Scotland (ship no. 124). However, when launched in June 1865, the vessel was given the name Hermann to honor Norddeutscher Lloyd founder, Hermann Heinrich Meier, as well as the first-century- A.D. Germanic hero. The Hermann displaced 2,715 tons, was 318 feet from stem to stern, 40 feet across the beam, had a clipper bow, a single funnel, and 2 masts; The ship was was of iron construction and had a screw propulsion system. The Hermann’s service speed was 11.5 knots and it had accommodations for 76 first-class passengers, 107 in 2nd class, and 570 in steerage. She made her maiden voyage on 17 December 1865 (from Bremen, via Southampton, to New York). The Hermann was scrapped in Genoa in 1896.

Max Bohm (left) and brother-in-law Fred Henkel driving a wagon. Fred Bohm, Jr. has said that this photograph was taken in Enderlin when the two young men went into town to pick up Max's father's tombstone, probably in late 1905. Fred, Jr., also indicated that the location of the photograph was the corner of Broadway Street and what would become North Dakota Highway 46.

Bohm family in front of their farm house, about 1906. From the left to

right: Max, Fred,unidentified man, Margaret, Ida, Hartha, and Alma.

Highland Township School School, Cass County about 1908. Hartha is in the back row (fourth from the left). No other Bohm Children appear to be included on the photograph.

The Bohm family farm in about 1908. In the photograph (from left to right): unidentified man standing on wagon; Max standing on wagon, Fred, Cecelia, Hartha, Alma, and their mother Ida. Margaret is not in the photograph.

This twenty-fifth anniversary congregational photograph for Trinity Lutheran Church was taken during the summer of 1910. This house of worship was also known as the Pontiac Church because it was located in PontiacTownship. Herman and Ida Bohm were one of the founding families when it was established in 1885. In the background, behind the many congregation members all regaled in their finery, one cann see that, by 1910, there were already a few automobiles mixed in with the assortment of horse-and-buggy and horse-drawn wagon combinations.