Photo Record
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Metadata
Object Identification Number |
1994.076.020a |
Object Name |
Print, Photographic |
Donor |
Bacon, Muriel |
Description |
A black and white photograph of Andreas and Mille Linnett. The bride is wearing a white, lacey dress with a v neck and pointed shoulders. There are either pins or necklaces at her throat. She has on a short, gauzy veil. Her hair is dark, shoulder-length, and curled. In her proper left arm she is holding a bouquet of flowers with dangling ribbons. She is holding Andreas' hand with her proper right. Andreas is wearing a dark tuxedo with a black bow tie. His hair is dark, longer on the top than the sides, and combed back. Both subjects are looking at the camera and smiling. To the viewer's left is a brick building with a creeping vine. A few windows are visible. Behind the subjects is a gate, and to the viewer's right is a picket fence. In the distance are trees. On the back is typed "Andreas and Mille Linnett / Sonderjylland, Denmark wedding / March 28, 1948. / Her wedding dress was given to / her by Muriel (Muller) Bacon / when this couple toured the US / with Danish Gymnast team". Handwritten in the center is an inscription in Danish which is illegible. There is a watermark running across the back which reads "Agra-Brovira". |
Creation Date |
March 28, 1948 |
Place of Creation |
Denmark/Sonderjylland |
Associated People |
Linnett, Mille Linnett, Andreas Muller, Muriel Bacon, Muriel |
Search Terms |
Linnett, Mille Linnett, Andreas Muller, Muriel Bacon, Muriel wedding marriage couple bride groom wedding dress wedding gown veil bouquet tuxedo |
Given In Memory Of |
In Honor of the T.G. Muller Family |
Date Received by Museum |
09/15/1994 |
Provenance |
This photograph is of Andreas and Mille Linnett on their wedding day, March 28, 1948, in Sonderjylland, Denmark. Muriel married Ove Muller June 1, 1939. In the late 1940s, Andreas Linnet visited Kimballton with a Danish gymnastics team and stayed with Muriel. He told her that he was going to be married soon. Muriel decided to give the couple the wedding dress she wore in 1939 since Denmark was struggling after World War II. Andreas married Mille in 1947. The couple had four sons: Andreas, Henrik, Morten, and Oskar. Muriel and Andreas stayed in touch and exchanged photographs. In winter of 2016, Museum of Danish America intern Vincent Henriksen recognized Henrik Linnet in one of the photographs; Henrik was the father of one of Vincent's ex-girlfriends. Henrik still had the dress in his possession, and donated it to the museum (see 2017.003). When the dress arrived in the U.S., Executive Director John Mark and Vincent took the dress to Muriel so that she could see it. Vincent's account of the discovery, which was featured in the Spring 2017 America Letter, the Harlan Newspapers Special Section, and on the museum's intern blog, is in the accession file for 1997.110. A more formal wedding portrait of the couple is under 2002.147.013, a wedding portrait of Muriel Bacon in the dress is under 1997.110.016. ___________ Family History: Thorvald George Muller was born in Brostrup, Denmark on June 7, 1873. He came to the U.S. in 1884 at the age of 11 with his parents Jess and Johanne Muller, two brothers, and two sisters. The family originally farmed near Ord, Nebraska. In 1904, after starting to farm on his own, T.G. placed an ad in a Danish newspaper for a housekeeper. Mette Jensen Overgaard, from near Aarhus, answered the ad and came to Nebraska. The two were married September 30, 1904, in Kimballton, Iowa where T.G. had family, and then the couple returned to Nebraska for a few years before selling the farm and returning permanently to Kimballton. T.G. ran several businesses including a grocery store. T.G. died February 24, 1952, and Mette on June 19, 1968. |
Images |
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Accession number |
1994.076 |