Photo Record
Images
Metadata
Object Identification Number |
1994.075.007 |
Object Name |
Print, Photographic |
Donor |
Fredrickson, Mildred |
Description |
Black and white wedding photograph of a couple on a gray paperboard backing. The man is standing to the viewer's left wearing a dark colored suit with light stripes, a light colored shirt and tie. He has a flower on his proper left jacket lapel. His proper right hand is holding the woman's proper left hand. The woman is standing next to him wearing a long light colored wedding dress. The top has shirring near the shoulders and long puffy sleeves with lace around the wrists. She also has a light colored flower in her hair and a dark colored floral bouquet in her proper left hand. Below the photograph is printed text: "Miller's Studio / ELK HORN, IA.". The back of the mat has handwritten text: "[illegible] Jackson". |
Print Size |
4 3/16 x 6 9/16 |
Studio |
Miller's Studio |
Place of Creation |
United States/Iowa/Shelby County/Elk Horn |
Associated People |
Jackson, Howard Jackson, Rose |
Search Terms |
Jackson, Howard Jackson, Rose Wedding Bride Groom Miller's Studio Elk Horn, Iowa Shelby County |
Date Received by Museum |
04/29/1994 |
Provenance |
The couple pictured in this wedding photograph are Howard and Rose Jackson. Donor's Family History: Paul Peter Nelson (the donor's grandfather) arrived on May 10, 1869 in Omaha, Nebraska from Odense, Denmark. He was accompanied by his brother, Andrew, and his cousin, J.P. Carlsen. He worked for the Rock Island Railroad before buying 120 acres of land south west of Elk Horn. He met and married Gertrude Marie Axelson, who was a Danish immigrant living in Avoca, Iowa. They had six children: Andrew, Lawrence, Eva, Alfred, Amanda, and Nora. Horse thieves once stole a horse from their farm. Gertrude died at age 59, and Paul moved to Atlantic, Iowa until his death in 1932. Both Gertrude and Paul are on the museum's Wall of Honor. There is more material with additional detail in the accession file. |
Images |
198\1994075007.JPG |
Accession number |
1994.075 |