Bride and groom with family, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, ca. 1940. An unidentified couple poses with family members—probably mothers and aunts—on the front lawn of a home in what is most likely a working-class neighborhood on Milwaukee’s south side. This photo was taken by Dennis Wierzba, an amateur photographer who documented social events and family gatherings in Milwaukee in the 1940s and 50s. via: Milwaukee Neighborhoods: Photos and Maps 1885-1992, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries
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Bride and groom with family, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, ca. 1940.

An unidentified couple poses with family members—probably mothers and aunts—on the front lawn of a home in what is most likely a working-class neighborhood on Milwaukee’s south side. This photo was taken by Dennis Wierzba, an amateur photographer who documented social events and family gatherings in Milwaukee in the 1940s and 50s.

via: Milwaukee Neighborhoods: Photos and Maps 1885-1992, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries

Source: collections.lib.uwm.edu

Wedding party in Adams County, Wisconsin, 1910-1930. This unidentified bride and groom, plus their four attendants, posed for professional photographers Leon and Eugene Taylor in Adams County, Wisconsin sometime in the early 20th century. via: Taylor Brothers Photographs, Murphy Library, University of Wisconsin-La Crosse by way of University of Wisconsin Digital Collections
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Wedding party in Adams County, Wisconsin, 1910-1930.

This unidentified bride and groom, plus their four attendants, posed for professional photographers Leon and Eugene Taylor in Adams County, Wisconsin sometime in the early 20th century.

via: Taylor Brothers Photographs, Murphy Library, University of Wisconsin-La Crosse by way of University of Wisconsin Digital Collections

Source: digital.library.wisc.edu

Studio wedding portrait of Frankish and Alice Tyndall, Waterford, Wisconsin, 1904. Frankish Tyndall, age 45, married 21-year-old Alice Barnes on Christmas Day, 1904. Alice’s high-necked wedding gown with long layered sleeves is typical of the Edwardian era. A similar dress, along with coordinating fan, shoes, parasol and crinoline, can be viewed online in the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute. via: Waterford Public Library by way of University of Wisconsin Digital Collections
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Studio wedding portrait of Frankish and Alice Tyndall, Waterford, Wisconsin, 1904.

Frankish Tyndall, age 45, married 21-year-old Alice Barnes on Christmas Day, 1904. Alice’s high-necked wedding gown with long layered sleeves is typical of the Edwardian era. A similar dress, along with coordinating fan, shoes, parasol and crinoline, can be viewed online in the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute.

via: Waterford Public Library by way of University of Wisconsin Digital Collections

Source: digital.library.wisc.edu

Shadow box with wedding memorabilia, Rib Mountain, Marathon County, Wisconsin, ca. 1890. It’s June, a time of year when many of you may be attending weddings … or perhaps getting married yourselves. Many women at the turn of the 20th century preserved and displayed mementoes from their weddings in shadowbox frames, and, judging from some Google searching, this craft remains popular today.  This shadow box from the Marathon County Historical Society in Wausau, Wisconsin contains a photo portrait of the bride and groom as well as the veil and wax flower headpiece the bride wears in the photograph. The identity of the couple is somewhat unclear. According to historical society records, the pair is “Mr. and Mrs. Gritzmacher of Rib Mountain.” However the donor of the object noted that it came from the mother of Dorothy and Irene Warner, which would suggest the couple is Herman and Lena Warner, who lived in Rib Mountain and Wausau. via: Marathon County Historical Society by way of Wisconsin Decorative Arts Database
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Shadow box with wedding memorabilia, Rib Mountain, Marathon County, Wisconsin, ca. 1890.

It’s June, a time of year when many of you may be attending weddings … or perhaps getting married yourselves. Many women at the turn of the 20th century preserved and displayed mementoes from their weddings in shadowbox frames, and, judging from some Google searching, this craft remains popular today. 

This shadow box from the Marathon County Historical Society in Wausau, Wisconsin contains a photo portrait of the bride and groom as well as the veil and wax flower headpiece the bride wears in the photograph. The identity of the couple is somewhat unclear. According to historical society records, the pair is “Mr. and Mrs. Gritzmacher of Rib Mountain.” However the donor of the object noted that it came from the mother of Dorothy and Irene Warner, which would suggest the couple is Herman and Lena Warner, who lived in Rib Mountain and Wausau.

via: Marathon County Historical Society by way of Wisconsin Decorative Arts Database

Source: content.wisconsinhistory.org

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