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| Learn about charivari, or shivaree, the 19th-century custom of harrassing newlyweds, often on their wedding night. |
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| Silver ladle and spoon given to Syndonia (Hobbins) Jackson of Madison, Wisconsin as a wedding present, 1872. (Museum object #1955.304,A) |
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| Golden-brown silk gown worn by Miss Mary Dittberner at her 1887 wedding to Bernhard Stieg in Clintonville, Wisconsin. (Museum object #2008.129.1A-B) |
| Date: | 10 26 1887 |
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| Description: | Menu card for the wedding dinner of Jacob Black and Belle Mandelbaum at the Palmer House, with blind embossed type for "Menu," an embossed silver bell and ... |
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| Description: | Unkind to speak of the ancestral vocabulary as dream-talk, unkind to wake the dreamer |
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| Description: | It's a day for celebration, just to be so cheering glad and everyone to know |
| Date: | 11 19 1873 |
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| Description: | Nina Lynn Sturgis and Hercules Louis Dousman's wedding announcement, "At Home" card and envelope with an "S" and a "D" intertwined on the flap. The ceremon... |
| Date: | 10 22 1949 |
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| Description: | Eunice Lamers leaves for her wedding to Don Dehn. Her parents Ted and Ceil Lamers are in the background. |
| Date: | 10 22 1949 |
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| Description: | Eunice Lamers and Don Dehn are united in marriage at St. Theresa's Catholic Church. |
| Date: | 10 22 1949 |
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| Description: | The bride and groom at St. Theresa Catholic Church. |
| Date: | 10 22 1949 |
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| Description: | Don and Eunice Dehn wedding party at Krueger's Hotel. |
| Date: | 10 22 1949 |
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| Description: | The newlyweds pose in front of Krueger's Empire Hotel in Theresa. |
| Date: | 06 1966 |
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| Description: | Newlyweds Jean Beck and Bruce Dudley in front of the altar. |
| Date: | 06 1966 |
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| Description: | Jean Beck and Bruce Dudley with their parents at St. Peter's Lutheran Church. |
| Date: | 06 1966 |
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| Description: | The wedding party relaxes at the Norm and Marcella Beck home. |
| Date: | 06 1966 |
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| Description: | Opening presents at the Beck-Dudley wedding. |
| Date: | 11 24 1955 |
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| 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. |
| Date: | 11 24 1955 |
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| Description: | With a Rolleiflex camera, Fred Bandlow takes pictures of bridesmaids at the Boegel/Shommer wedding. |
| Date: | 11 24 1955 |
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| Description: | Grace and Dave Schommer enter the Hotel Retlaw for their wedding reception. |
| Date: | 11 24 1955 |
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| Description: | Father Skalitzke (who married them), enjoys a lighthearted moment with Grace and David Schommer. |
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