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House at 1607 Porter Avenue

Date: 1951
Description: View of the house at 1607 Porter Avenue shortly after construction. The home was built by Willard Droster.
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Driving to High School

Date: 1950
Description: Richard Quinney posing on the first day of the school year. He is sitting in the driver's seat of a Chevrolet truck in front of his family's farmhouse.
Map or Atlas

Map Of The Dells

Date: 1952
Description: The famous Dells of the Wisconsin River. A souvenir map embellished with bits of history and points of interest.
Photograph

Akron Soap Box Derby

Date: 08 1957
Description: Van Steiner (15 years-old) of Argyle, Wisconsin, the 1957 Madison, Wisconsin soap box derby champion, crouching next to his Wisconsin State Journal-sponsor...
Photograph

Bride and Groom

Date: 12 12 1954
Description: Three-quarter-length portrait of a bride and groom. The ceremony was performed in the Wesley foundation chapel. For her marriage, the bride chose a street-...
Photograph

Bride with Shell Hat and Veil

Date: 12 12 1954
Description: Quarter-length portrait of a bride showing the brilliant studded veil of her black shell hat and her earrings. Her corsage was of red roses.
Photograph

Bride and Maid of Honor

Date: 12 12 1954
Description: A bride and her maid of honor share a smile after the ceremony. For her marriage, the bride chose a street-length dress of ivory florentine which featured ...
Photograph

Wedding Party and Pastor

Date: 12 12 1954
Description: Three-quarter-length group portrait of a wedding party with the pastor. The bride is wearing a street-length dress of ivory florentine which featured a bus...
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Bride with Groom and His Brothers

Date: 12 12 1954
Description: Three-quarter-length group portrait of a bride and groom with three of his brothers. She is wearing a street-length dress of ivory florentine, black shell ...
Photograph

Grace Boegel

Date: 11 24 1955
Description: On a windy day bridesmaid Arlene Neumeyer gasped when bride Grace Boegel's vail went skyward, as they left for Grace's wedding to David Schommer.
Photograph

Wedding Reception at the Hotel Retlaw

Date: 11 24 1955
Description: Grace and Dave Schommer enter the Hotel Retlaw for their wedding reception.
Photograph

Frings and Ouellette Wedding

Date: 06 1953
Description: Carol Frings and Dick Ouellette wedding. Father Skalitzke presides over the ceremony.
Photograph

Ouellette Group Portrait

Date: 06 1953
Description: Dick and Carol Ouellette pose with relatives and friends after their wedding.
Photograph

Carol Frings and Dick Ouellette

Date: 06 1953
Description: Carol Frings and Dick Ouellette pose for the photographer outside at their wedding.
Photograph

Immanual Lutheran Church (River Church)

Date: 09 1957
Description: Immanual Lutheran Church (River Church) on AY was the setting for the wedding of Fred Zastrow and Ruth Loehrke.
Photograph

Loehrke and Zastrow Wedding Party

Date: 09 1957
Description: Loehrke and Zastrow wedding party in front of church.
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Zastrow Wedding Caravan

Date: 09 1957
Description: The Zastrow wedding party is shown on their way to the Mayville Park Pavilion. Locals will recognize this hill on the Mayville Road before it was leveled o...
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Nighttime View of the Mayville Park Pavilion

Date: 09 1957
Description: Loehrke/Zastrow wedding. The Mayville Park Pavilion is reflected in the Rock River.
Photograph

Krueger Wedding Party

Date: 06 03 1950
Description: Dorothy Giese and Oliver Krueger wedding.
Photograph

Lamers-Frank Wedding Party

Date: 08 22 1951
Description: Noreen Lamers and Orville Frank wedding party.

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