66.12.2

Print, Photographic

1938

Louis M. Battey and Gladys Elizabeth Louisa Tesch Wedding Portrait. Material: paper. Size: 3 1/4" x 5 1/2". Description: black and white photo postcard; groom is posed standing beside his seated bride inside the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Waldorf; groom is wearing a suit, tie and white shoes; bride is wearing a long white dress, veiled headpiece and white slippers; a long white train is arranged around her; she is holding a large bouquet of white flowers. See accession 66.12.3.

Louis M. Battey was born 25 November 1914 and died in 2004. Gladys Elizabeth Louisa Tesch was born 14 July 1915 and in 2012 is 97 years old. Louis and Gladys were married 16 June 1938 at the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Waldorf. Gladys Louis and Gladys are parents to donor. Gladys' parents were: Alfred and Elizabeth Tesch. Alfred W. Tesch was born 16 June 1885 and died 28 November 1981. Elizabeth (Kain) Tesch was born in 1889 and died in 1985. Alfred and Elizabeth were married in Waseca County 14 October 1908. They lived in Byron Township. Alfred and Elizabeth were the donor's grandparents.