Photo Record
Images
Metadata
Object Identification Number |
1994.075.004 |
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 three piece suit with 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 wearing a long lacy layered light colored dress. The top has long puffy sleeves with a high collar. Her long veil flows down her back with a long floral headpiece that reaches past her proper left elbow. The couple is standing on a patterned rug with a curtain with tassels in the background. Below the photograph is imprinted text: "Miller's Studio / ELK HORN, IA.". There is handwritten text on the back of the mat: "John & Elise Christensen". |
Print Size |
4 1/8 x 6 1/2 |
Studio |
Miller's Studio |
Place of Creation |
United States/Iowa/Shelby County/Elk Horn |
Associated People |
Christensen, John Christensen, Elsie |
Search Terms |
Miller's Studio Elk Horn, Iowa ShelbyCounty Wedding Grrom Bride Christensen, John Christensen, Elsie |
Date Received by Museum |
04/29/1994 |
Provenance |
The couple pictured in this wedding photo are John and Elsie Christensen. 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\1994075004.JPG |
Accession number |
1994.075 |