Framed assemblage of wedding memorabilia, Town of Grover, Marinette County, ca. 1888
Object name
Object sculpture
Alternate object name
Souvenir; Memorabilia; Collage; Shadow box
Date
ca. 1888
Dimensions
21 ½"H x 18 3/8"W x 6 3/8"D (frame)
Materials and techniques
Wood frame; Net wedding veil; Cloth and wax flower headdress with silk ribbon; Black and white photograph
Original location
Town of Grover, Marinette County, Wisconsin
Current location
Peshtigo, Marinette County, Wisconsin
Description
This framed collage of wedding memorabilia includes a bridal veil, a wax flower headpiece, and a marriage portrait photograph of August and Emma Prestin.
History
The Peshtigo Fire Museum identifies the couple in the photograph as "Mr. and Mrs. August Prestin, Jr." The federal census for 1900 places Gus Prestin, age 35, and Emma Prestin, age 38, in the Town of Grover, Marinette County, Wisconsin. As the census lists their oldest child at age 12, the couple's marriage probably took place around 1888.
Related objects
Framed assemblage of wedding memorabilia, Rib Mountain, ca. 1890 (Marathon County Historical Society object # A 2006-34-5): http://content.wisconsinhistory.org/u?/wda,1820 Framed assemblage of memorabilia from the wedding of Edwin Brummond and Elsie Kamrath, Town of Herman, Dodge County, 1916 (Mayville Historical Society object # A83-4-5): http://content.wisconsinhistory.org/u?/wda,2066
