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Metadata
Accession number |
1985.089 |
Object Identification Number |
1985.089.019 |
Object Name |
Shirt, Dress |
Donor |
Andersen, Bertha |
Description |
A men's dress shirt, used at a wedding. The long-sleeve, white cotton dress shirt has a decorative bib-like chest piece with missing buttons. The stand up collar and cuffs are stiff. There are finished holes at the cuffs for cuff links. The shirt is long with slits on either side. There is a back slit beginning at the top of the collar. A white tag with pink print is located at the interior along the collar and reads, "THE / Silver." |
Dimensions |
W-17 L-33.5 inches |
Creation Date |
c. 1897 |
Owned By |
Andersen, Anders Peder/Andersen, Bertha |
Used By |
Andersen, Anders Peder |
Material |
cotton |
Associated People |
Andersen, Bertha Andersen, Anders Peder Andersen, Ane Marie Christensen |
Search Terms |
Andersen, Bertha Andersen, Anders Peder Andersen, Ane Marie Christensen Wedding Marriage Religion Ceremony Celebrations clothing shirt dress shirt men Audubon County Elk Horn Iowa The Silver |
Provenance |
Worn by the donor's (Bertha Andersen) father, Anders Peder Andersen, for his wedding. --------------------------------------------------------- FAMILY HISTORY: Bertha Andersen was born to immigrant parents Anders Peder Andersen (born April 15, 1867) and Ane Marie Christensen Andersen (born October 11, 1865). Anders immigrated to the U.S. from Moen, Denmark in 1888 and became a farmer. He retired in 1942 and moved to Elk Horn, Iowa. Ane immigrated in 1892. The two married February 26, 1897 in Audubon County, Iowa. According to an interview with Bertha on Sept. 3, 1985, all her mother's education was in German, and her mother worked at an estate as a seamtress and "in and out person." Upon their return wedding trip to Denmark, they brought back nephew Chris Christensen, who became their foster son. Bertha's sister Hilda Kirsten Andersen was born in 1904. Bertha attended Clay Twp. country school and then graduated in 1930 from Elk Horn High School. She received her Bachelors from Dana College in Blair, NE. Bertha taught elementary schools in Elk Horn, Kimballton, and Walnut, Iowa. She traveled to Japan and Scandinavian countries. After retiring from teaching, Bertha became the librarian at the Elk Horn Library and was active in bringing the windmill to town. She was a supporter of the museum as well. For five years, she was a teaching staff member for the Elderhostels held in Elk Horn. She assisted Salem Home's chaplaincy by conducting devotions and serving as an organist and soloist. She was organist at the Elk Horn Lutheran Church for ten years and for many years was Sunday School Superintendent. |
Images |
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Date Received by Museum |
1985 |