Betty Ann Barr Boilesen

Betty Ann Barr Married Sunday, August 25, 1946

 

 

Engagement studio portrait with Betty Ann in her dress she purchased for her honeymoon.

 

Wedding Invitation

 

TWO DOLLARS - Receipt for Axel and Betty Boilesen Marriage License, August 22, 1946.

County Court, Howard County, Nebraska

 

 

 

Newspaper clipping from the St Paul Phonograph newspaper reporting the August 25, 1946 wedding.

 

Newspaper clipping from Fay's Treasured Memories book.

 

Betty Ann pictured in her wedding gown (probably taken on their farm outside Elba).

 

Photos outside the United Brethren Church, Cotesfield, Nebraska

Very few pictures exist from the wedding day since Axel's toddler niece got a hold of the camera at the end of the day, opened the back and exposed the film.

 

 

 

Miss Donna Ward, Mrs. Margaret Kennedy, Betty with Red Roses, Axel, and Truman Kennedy.

 

Manley, Anna, Betty and Axel.

 

Chris & Elizabeth Boilesen with son Axel and new daughter-in-law Betty.

 

Special Wedding Day Cards and Attendees

 

 

 

Wedding napkin for reception, August 25, 1946 - Ice Cream, Angel Food Cake, Fruit Cake, Salted Nuts, Coffee

 

 

 

 

Honeymoon in Denver, Colorado

 

 

 

 

Hotel Yancey, Grand Island, 1946 postcard

 

On the first day of their Honeymoon and Betty's birthday, August 26, 1946, they had dinner at the Hotel Yancey where they were staying and saw "One more Tomorrow" at the Capitol Theatre in Grand Island, NE.

Capitol Theatre, 109 W. 2nd Street, Grand Island

 

On Wednesday, August 28 they took the Denver Zephyr to Denver.

 

On Wednesday, August 28 ate dinner at Red Wing Cafe in Denver.

Denver's Red Wing Cafe Advertising Coin - Keep Me and Never Go Broke.

 

On Wednesday, August 28 "at night we ate at Blue Parrot Cafe."

Blue Parrot Inn Menu, Denver 1946

 

Thursday, August 29 - "Went to Emerald Room in Brown Palace later in evening (Manhattan's + T.C.'s)"

 

Saturday, August 31 "Went to Lakeside Park, rode on the Rocket Ride. Dick Jurgen's Orchestra was playing."

 

Dick Jurgens, "Five Minutes More," Melrose Music Corp., 1946 (Mississippi State Sheet Music Collection).

 

 

Sunday, September 1, "At noon we ate at the Cosmopolitan Hotel."

Hotel Cosmopolitan postcard, 1946

 

Sunday, September 1, "Visited Zoo and Museum."

Denver Natural History Museum c.1945

 

Sunday, September 1, "Met our cousin Virginia Barr in afternoon. She took us to eat at Golden Lantern in evening."

The Golden Lantern Restaurant Menu, 1946

 

Monday, September 2, "Ate at Boggio's in evening."

Boggio's, 1734 Tremont, Denver, c. 1942

 

Monday, September 2, "Went out to Elitches Gardens at night."

Elitch Gardens postcard, Postmarked 1946

 

Tuesday, September 3rd came back home. Arrived Grand Island 3:00 a.m. Stayed at Ray and Edna's remainder of the night."

 

 

First years together in Lincoln at 1841 Lake Street, Lincoln, NE.

 

Unknown location after honeymoon (probably in Cotesfield or Elba, at one of their parent's farms).

 

Chris and Lizzie Boilesen, Anna and Manley Barr, circa 1950.

 

GOLDEN ANNIVERSARY, August 1996

 

Golden Anniversary Reception, August 1996.

 

 

Golden Anniversary Official Portrait, August 1996.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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