37.01.2s

Print, Photographic

1948

Mr. and Mrs. Charles Roeker and Attendants on 50th Wedding Anniversary. 3 1/8" x 2 1/8" black and white photograph of two couples, posing in front of a church, wearing corsages and boutonnieres; backside notes, Nov. 10, --48 GW, Merry Christmas, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Roeker.

This artifact is from a collection of photographs, letters, maps and greeting cards from the estate of Arthur Koentopp, a farmer who lived with his brother, Herman Koentopp, in Iosco Township. Both were WWII veterans; Arthur died July 10, 1972 at his home; Herman died in a Janesville fire on November 21, 1978. The donor Rod Joyce worked for many years in the Waseca County Recorder's Office, and then the Waseca County Treasurer's Office.