37.01.2t

Print, Photographic

1950 Approximate

Janesville Wedding Party on Steps of St. Ann's. 4" x 2 3/8" black and white photograph of a wedding party posed outdoors on church steps (an unidentified Janesville church), same church as in Accession 37.01.2s; pictured is unidentified bride and groom, four bridesmaids and four groomsmen.

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.