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  1. Album, Photograph - 1997.137.02

    Wedding album with photos from wedding of Helen Hansen and Steven Brieske, Our Savior's Lutheran Church, La Crosse, 1960. Albums contains mostly black and white 8x10 prints and a few hand-colored prints.

    Record Type: Archive

    Album, Photograph
  2. Announcement - 2017.067.04

    Sacn of the wedding announcement from Jesse and Edna Higbee's wedding Augst 5, 1914.

    Record Type: Archive

    Announcement
  3. Announcement, Wedding - 2007.006.02

    Wedding announcement with envelope for the marriage of Helen Virginia Felton and Henry Corbyn Rooks. "Mr and Mrs John Garrett Felton announce the marriage of their daughter Helen Virginia to Mr Henry Corbyn Rooks on Friday, the twentieth of August One thousand nine hundred thirty seven La Crosse, Wisconsin."

    Record Type: Archive

    Announcement, Wedding
  4. Book - 2018.016.16

    Bridal Souvenir book from the wedding of William S. Cargill and Mary S. MacMillan in 1892. Pasted in the front cover there is a marriage certificate signed by William S. and Mary Cargill, William W. Cargill, George MacMillan, and William Torrance.

    Record Type: Library

    Bridal Souvenir
  5. Brooch - 2022.013.08

    Brooch worn by Margaret Kneeland at her wedding. Silver-colored metal half-moon brooch with emerald green-colored glass gems and rhinestones with a double claw-tooth clip closure on the reverse.

    Record Type: Object

    Brooch
  6. Decoration - 1997.137.25

    White honeycomb wedding bell with a cotton hanging string.

    Record Type: Object

    Decoration
  7. Decoration - 1997.137.26

    White honeycomb wedding bell with a cotton hanging string.

    Record Type: Object

    Decoration
  8. Decoration - 1997.137.27

    White honeycomb wedding bell with a cotton hanging string.

    Record Type: Object

    Decoration
  9. Decoration - 1997.137.28

    White honeycomb wedding bell with a cotton hanging string.

    Record Type: Object

    Decoration
  10. Dress, Wedding - 1975.011.06

    Elaborate 2-piece ivory-colored wedding dress. Long-sleeved bodice is silk taffeta, with handmade lace collar and cuffs. inset of cut velvet in front gives the appearance of an 18th c. stomacher. Closes in front with hook/eyes and covered buttons. Both front and back of bodice come to long points in middle. Skirt is same silk taffeta, with a wide inset front panel of the cut velvet, designed to mimic an 18th c. petticoat. The hem of the cut vel...

    Record Type: Object

    Dress, Wedding
  11. Dress, Wedding - 1976.003.02

    Two piece ivory silk wedding dress. A) Bodice. Boned bodice with foundation of silk taffeta layered with multiple layers of net and crepe. Eleven boned darts and seams. Net over bodice is decorated with rows of lace, ribbon and embroidered insertions. Under the net are two rows of narrow pink silk ribbon with small bow across bustline. Standing collar, full length sleeves with layers of crepe and net and bands of lace. Back hook and eye clos...

    Record Type: Object

    Dress, Wedding
  12. Dress, Wedding - 1982.055.30

    Carroll McCarty Gundersen's wedding dress. Dress is two separate pieces, a bodice and a slip/skirt. The bodice is satin with a Mandarin collar. There is a v shaped opening down the front center and it is sleeveless. There is evidence that something was removed from the opening and the collar, lace? There is cording at the bottom of the bodice. Skirt/Slip has a sheer crepe bodice with a center front rectangular panel of satin with a snap that conn...

    Record Type: Object

    Dress, Wedding
  13. Dress, Wedding - 1983.007.04

    Silk taffeta wedding dress worn by Mary (Dalton) Jenks, consisting of skirt and bodice. Woven plaid, with black, green, red, blue and white. Fitted bodice has brown cotton lining, and cream lace collar. Sleeves cut on bias, with ruffles on edge.

    Record Type: Object

    Dress, Wedding
  14. Dress, Wedding - 1984.106.01

    Evenlyn Spratt's satin wedding dress. Ivory satin wedding dress with satin cummerbund at the waist. Crepe ivory bodice yoke is trimmed with imitation pearls, iridescent sequins, and small white beads. Yoke is trimmed with creamed colored cord in the shape of a v on the front and on the back. Draped over the bodice is machine made lace on the front and back. The lace on the front is tapered below the waist and one sequin and beaded pom is on eithe...

    Record Type: Object

    Dress, Wedding
  15. Dress, Wedding - 1985.056.01

    Cream colored satin wedding dress with full sleeves. Bodice has vertical pintucks on the shoulders and down the front center of the bodice. Bodice is ruched at waist with a separate belt. Sleeves have pleats with diagonal pintucks. The bodice is gathered on the sleeves with horizontal pintucks and cuffs that are trimmed with lace. There are small vertical pintucks along the skirt. Skirt has a slight train. The bodice has a high lace collar with a...

    Record Type: Object

    Dress, Wedding
  16. Dress, Wedding - 1985.065.05

    One piece butter yellow cotton marquisette wedding dress underlined with a yellow china silk. The dress has a standing collar, three quarter length sleeves hemmed with embroidery and ribbon, an embroidered yoke, and over the shoulder tucks. The upper bodice and collar have a fine net trim with a yellow satin ribbon. The fullness of the bodice is tucked to waist seam and the skirt has knife pleats released below the hip. There is a yellow chaemeus...

    Record Type: Object

    Dress, Wedding
  17. Dress, Wedding - 1987.051.23

    Helen Hale's wedding dress. Silk lining with 2 layers of silk netting on top. The silk lining has 2 sets of pastel ribbons made into circles with a lace lining on the top of the bodice. The lining has a scalloped hem. The dress has snap closures along the left hand side. Embroidery and applique detail on the bodice as well as the lower portion of the skirt. The shoulders are sheer netting. There is a satin ribbon along the waist with silver ribbo...

    Record Type: Object

    Dress, Wedding
  18. Dress, Wedding - 1992.066.01

    Wedding dress of Mildred Hoover. Sheer dress with short puffed sleeves, empire style waist with a flared skirt. The dress has a white satin ribbon that starts in the front and ties in the back around the waist. The dress has machine stitching, but the ribbon was sewn on by hand. The ribbon was sewn in place to gather the fabric near the bust. The left side of the dress has hook and eye closures on the bodice.

    Record Type: Object

    Dress, Wedding
  19. Dress, Wedding - 1997.137.22

    Martha Hansen's wedding dress. Dress is made of baronet satin with a lace insertion at the neck that also serves as a collar. Dress has a left-side closure with a snap placket. Dress has a dropped waist with two tiers of ruffles at the waist.

    Record Type: Object

    Dress, Wedding
  20. Dress, Wedding - 1997.137.23

    Helen Brieske's wedding dress. Tulle, satin, and lace wedding dress. Sleeves and back of the dress all have satin-covered button closure. The neckline is also trimmed with iridescent sequins. Bodice and sleeves are made of lace that extends down over the skirt and a center panel that extends down the center front to the hemline. Underskirt is satin with two overlayers of stiff tulle netting. As described by Margi Bridals in La Crosse: "Your br...

    Record Type: Object

    Dress, Wedding

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