LaVerne & Shirley Johnson Strand

Name/Title

LaVerne & Shirley Johnson Strand

Entry/Object ID

69.11.12

Description

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.

Context

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.

Cataloged By

Legacy Photo Import

Made/Created

Date made

Aug 25, 1954

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Print, Photographic

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Photograph

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Graphic Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Condition

Overall Condition

Good

Create Date

November 30, 2012

Update Date

September 10, 2025