LSR Church Confirmation 1953

Photograph

Waseca County History Center

Name/Title

LSR Church Confirmation 1953

Entry/Object ID

4.17

Description

1953 Confirmation Class at LeSueur River Lutheran Church. Material: paper. Size: 8" x 10". Description: black and white portrait of 11 young people posed standing dressed in white robes with their pastor, on the day of their confirmation at LeSueur River Lutheran Church, New Richland, Minnesota; in the background are stained glass windows and the altar; standing in the back are Ingrid Amley, Mary Jane Peterson, Pauline Haug (Fenelon), Pastor J. C. Walledom, Barbara Jean Loken (Clausen), Lois Brandvold (Clausen) and Natalie Lund (Johnson); young men in front are Gene Nelson, John Wilkenson, LaVerne Blowers, Luverne (Sonny) Johnson and Rodney Johnson.

Context

The donor recalls that the girls were excited about wearing their first pair of "heels" for the occasion of their confirmation. The new style heel was call the Cuban heel in the 1950s, a shoe with a squared toe and about a two inch square heel.

Cataloged By

Legacy Photo Import

Made/Created

Date made

May 3, 1953

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

January 31, 2017

Update Date

December 17, 2025