Otto Possin-Bertha Schendel Wedding

Name/Title

Otto Possin-Bertha Schendel Wedding

Entry/Object ID

65.24.2

Description

Oval Framed Portrait of Otto Possin and Bertha Schendel Wedding in 1914. Material: paper, wood, glass, metal. 19" x 24". Black and white portrait of a young couple; Bertha Schendel is seated and wearing a floor length, short-sleeved white wedding gown, a long white veil attached to a floral headpiece, long white gloves, white shoes and a locket necklace; she holds a large bouquet on her lap; Otto Possin is standing beside the bride, wearing a dark suit, white shirt with a high collar and white tie; a large floral corsage on his lapel; the portrait is fixed under a convex glass and in a wide ornate gold painted wooden frame.

Photograph Details

Subject Person or Organization

Bertha Schendel, Otto Possin

Subject Place

* Untyped Subject Place

St. Peter Lutheran Church, New Richland, Minnesota

Context

Otto and Bertha Possin are the grandparents of Bonnie Witt Proechel. The Possin children are Mable Possin Kreutz, Lenora Possin Witt, Ewald Possin, Elaine Possin Witt, Betty Possin Zell and Gerald Possin.

Cataloged By

Pfen

Made/Created

Date made

1914

Lexicon

Legacy Lexicon

Class

Documentary Artifact

Category

Communication Artifact

Create Date

January 10, 2025

Update Date

March 6, 2026