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1. Box, Shadow - Framed shadow box

   Framed shadowbox containing a wedding headpiece and net veil arranged around a black & white wedding photograph of Herman F. Klawitter and Ida Polchow, married October 5, 1911. Headpiece has artificial flowers and two white silk bows. Wood frame painted gold; glass; wire for hanging. Museum has the wedding dress bodice 2021-0050-002. The couple is pictured on their 50th wedding anniversary in family tree booklet 1988-1034-001.

   Record Type: Object

   
2. Postcard - Invitation to a parcel shower

   Two-cent postcard addressed to Mrs. Oliver Plath, Hutchinson, Minn. Message of invitation to a parcel shower for Bette Sellers, bride-to-be of William Polchow, Jr. at West Lynn Church Parlor.on May 3, 1953. Postmarked Hutchinson, Minn., April 28, 1953.

   Record Type: Archive

   
3. Print, Photographic - Henry & Minna Rettman wedding party

   Sepia toned photograph of the Henry and Minna Dillman Rettman wedding party. She is wearing a full dress with lace insets in the blouse and in the skirt and has a long veil. He has on a dark suit with a white carnation in his lapel. The attendants, Lydia Dallman and Ella Rettman, are in long white dresses. The groomsmen, Louie Rettman and William Polchow, are wearing dark suits. Paper decorations hang above them. In the background hangs a portra...

   Record Type: Photo

   
4. Print, Photographic - Johann & Wilhelmina Polchow family

   Scanned black & white photograph of the Johann & Wilhelmina Vorbeck Polchow family. (l to r) Back: Meta, Ida, William, Erna, Johanna. Front: John, Frieda, Wilhelmina. Scanned from ancestry.com.

   Record Type: Photo

   
5. Print, Photographic - Johann & Wilhelmina Polchow family c.1915

   Scanned black & white photograph of Johann & Wilhelmina Polchow family c.1915. (l to r) Back: Meta Polchow Sitz, Ida Polchow Klawitter, William Polchow, Erna Polchow Bunke, Johanna Polchow Klawitter [Sitz is incorrect]. Front: John Polchow, Frieda Polchow Schuetze, Wilhelmina Vorbeck Polchow. From Ancestry.com.

   Record Type: Photo

   
6. Print, Photographic - John & Wilhelmina Vorbeck Polchow

   Scanned photograph of John & Wilhelmina Vorbeck Polchow.

   Record Type: Photo

   
7. Print, Photographic - Minnie Dallman & Henry Rettman wedding, 1908

   Sepia toned wedding photograph of Minnie Dallman and Henry Rettman and bridal party taken March 18, 1908. Attendants are identified as Lydia Dallman, Louie Rettman, Ella Rettman, and William Polchow. The couple is seated and the attendants are standing behind them underneath a large paper bell and crepe paper festooned ceiling. Mounted on photo board. Museum has the wedding dress (2006-0028-004) and the boutonnieres (2006-0028-005) shown in t...

   Record Type: Photo