69.11.12
Print, Photographic
1954
LaVerne and Shirley Johnson Strand Wedding Photo. Material: paper. Size: 4" x 5". Description: black and white photo card showing a young man and woman identified as LaVerne Strand and his bride, Shirley Johnson; the groom is wearing a white suit coat, dark trousers and bow tie; the bride is wearing a white short-sleeved bridal gown, a long veil attached to a small white cap; they are posed cutting their wedding cake; the miniature, decorative dolls standing beside the cake represent the women of the wedding party and their costumes were made by Shirley's aunt, Emily Johnson Haug; the bride has written a thank you note beside the photo for a wedding gift received probably from Christ and Eva Paulson.
Shirley is the daughter of Chester and Myrtle Esklund Johnson; the groom is the son of Arthur and Ella Berg Strand all of New Richland.