1902 Wedding Dress and Accessories of Mrs. Syver (Rebecca Halvorson) Vinje
Name/Title
1902 Wedding Dress and Accessories of Mrs. Syver (Rebecca Halvorson) Vinje
Entry/Object ID
2020.306.1
Description
1902 Wedding Dress and Accessories of Mrs. Syver (Rebecca Halvorson) Vinje
Cataloged By
LeAnn Beck
Acquisition
Accession
2020.306
Source or Donor
Robin Vinje
Acquisition Method
Gift
Location
Location
Room
2nd Floor West Bedroom
Building
Plummer House
Category
Exhibit
General Notes
Note
1902 dress and accessories from the wedding of Rebecca Halvorson to Dr. Syver Vinje. They moved to Hillsboro in October 1913 where he served as a doctor from that time until 1954. They had four sons: Olaf, Harold, Ralph and Edmund.
In 1918 Dr. Vinje and Albert L. Halvorson built the Gem Theatre and operated it for several years. Dr. Vinje was elected to the State Senate in 1934 and served one, two-year term.
In 1953 Dr. and Mrs. Vinje were honored by the Hillsboro community for forty years of service with an all day celebration which was billed as Dr. Vinje Day. Syver died in 1957 and Rebecca in 1966.
