Jake Påhlman Peterson

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Title Certificate from Empress Katarina II of Russia confirming the right of ownership of Justice Niklas Friedrich von Hagmann (Gagmann) to the Mannlehnsgut Gross- und Klein-Etsl sold by Jägermeister Polmann. Description Document from Empress

Description [Enter the English-language description of the item here — what it depicts, its condition, and any other descriptive detail.] Original (Swedish): [If the source material was originally in another language, paste that original text

Description Photograph of Ugglansryd manor, Ryssby socken, Kronobergs län, taken on 20 August 1961 shortly before the building was demolished. Photographer: Erik Nilsson. Held by Ljungby Kommun Archives. An accompanying text (no. 840), dated 20

Description Aerial photograph of Sunnerå herrgård, Ryssby socken, taken in 1946 by Olle Lilljeqvist for AB Flygtrafik. The photograph shows the manor house, garden, park, and surrounding landscape at the south-eastern end of Ryssbysjön.

Description Black and white photograph of the front facade of the main manor building of Öötla mõis (Oethel), Peetri khk (parish), taken in 1938. Held by Eesti Rahva Muuseum (Estonian National Museum), Fotokogu. Identifier: ERM

Description Series of black and white stereo photogrammetric survey photographs of Kodila mõis, taken in 1988. Photographer: Kalju Pärtna. Original glass plate negatives held by Eesti Muinsuskaitse arhiiv (Estonian Heritage Board Archive). Digitised stereo-pair

Description Photograph of the front facade of the main building of Ågården manor, Råda, Lidköping Municipality, Västra Götaland County. Photographer: Anders Karlsson (1893–1967). Held by Västergötlands museum. Ågården is connected to the Påhlman family

Title Wappenbuch des Westfälischen Adels 1901 Description Pohlmann coat of arms in the book "Wappenbuch des Westfälischen Adels" (English: Coat of Arms of the Westphalian Nobility) published in the years 1901 to 1903.