061218 LCJ Weddings Throughout (CJ)

Candace H. Johnson-For Shaw Media Cindy Graff, of Lakemoor, vice-president of the Wauconda Township Historical Society, talks about the 1895 wedding dress made and worn by Minnie Mae Mills when she wed Arthur Eugene Kirwan at the Wauconda Area “Weddings and Gowns Through the Years” exhibit at the Andrew C. Cook House on Main Street in Wauconda. Mills had two children and died at the age of twenty-four.The dress was donated by her family to the Wauconda Township Historical Society.The exhibit will run for three more Saturdays from 1-4 pm on June 16th, June 23rd and June 30th.(6/9/18)

Candace H. Johnson-For Shaw Media Keira Stanley, 12, of Wauconda listens to her mother, Pamela, talk about how she restored her grandmother, Jean Kress', 1949 wedding dress so she could wear it at her own wedding in 2002 which sits on display at the Wauconda Area “Weddings and Gowns Through the Years” exhibit at the Andrew C. Cook House on Main Street in Wauconda. The exhibit was presented by the Wauconda Township Historical Society.The exhibit will run for three more Saturdays from 1-4 pm on June 16th, June 23rd and June 30th. (6/9/18)

Candace H. Johnson-For Shaw Media Cindy Graff, of Lakemoor, vice-president of the Wauconda Township Historical Society, talks to Wauconda area queens Sarah Jakubek, 21, Ashley Cheshier, 16, and Eva Martin, 10, about a 1950's satin wedding dress worn by Mary Dianis when she married her husband, John, on display at the Wauconda Area “Weddings and Gowns Through the Years” exhibit at the Andrew Cook House on Main Street in Wauconda. John Dianis served as Mayor of Wauconda from 1973-1977.The couple lived in Wauconda for over sixty years.The exhibit will run for three more Saturdays from 1-4 pm on June 16th, June 23rd and June 30th. (6/9/18)

Candace H. Johnson-For Shaw Media Jack and JoAnn Pock, of Arlington Heights share a tender moment next to her 1969 wedding dress (on the right) on display at the Wauconda Area “Weddings and Gowns Through the Years” exhibit at the Andrew Cook House on Main Street in Wauconda. The Pock's will celebrate their forty-ninth wedding anniversary this year.(6/9/18)

Candace H. Johnson-For Shaw Media A 1925 silk wedding dress worn by Dorothea Lackner when she married Edwin J. Radloff was on display at the Wauconda Area “Weddings and Gowns Through the Years” exhibit at the Andrew C. Cook House on Main Street in Wauconda. The exhibit was presented by the Wauconda Township Historical Society. (6/9/18)

Candace H. Johnson-For Shaw Media Pamela Stanley, of Wauconda holds the headpiece she wore at her wedding in 2002 which was decorated with beads from the original veil her grandmother, Jean Kress, wore during her 1949 wedding on display at the Wauconda Area “Weddings and Gowns Through the Years” exhibit at the Andrew C. Cook House on Main Street in Wauconda. The exhibit was presented by the Wauconda Township Historical Society.(6/9/18)

Candace H. Johnson-For Shaw Media Violinists Carissa McQuaid and her mother, Lisabeth, both of Wauconda play Pachelbell's Canon in D at the Wauconda Area “Weddings and Gowns Through the Years” exhibit at the Andrew Cook House on Main Street in Wauconda. The exhibit was presented by the Wauconda Township Historical Society.The exhibit will run for three more Saturdays from 1-4 pm on June 16th, June 23rd and June 30th.(6/9/18)

Candace H. Johnson-For Shaw Media A 1907 wedding dress worn by Anna Stilling Brown when she married her husband, John, was on display along with her picture at the Wauconda Area “Weddings and Gowns Through the Years” exhibit at the Andrew C. Cook House on Main Street in Wauconda. The exhibit was presented by the Wauconda Township Historical Society.(6/9/18)

Candace H. Johnson-For Shaw Media A 1950's satin wedding dress worn by Mary Dianis when she wed her husband, John, was on display at the Wauconda Area “Weddings and Gowns Through the Years” exhibit at the Andrew C. Cook House on Main Street in Wauconda. John Dianis served as Mayor of Wauconda from 1973-1977. The couple lived in Wauconda for over sixty years.(6/9/18)

Candace H. Johnson-For Shaw Media The Wauconda Area “Weddings and Gowns Through the Years” exhibit is featured at the Andrew C. Cook House on Main Street in Wauconda. The exhibit was presented by the Wauconda Township Historical Society.(6/9/18)

Candace H. Johnson-For Shaw Media JoAnn Pock, of Arlington Heights stands close to her husband, Jack, as she holds up their wedding picture from August 23rd, 1969 with her wedding dress on the right behind them on display at the Wauconda Area “Weddings and Gowns Through the Years” exhibit at the Andrew C. Cook House on Main Street in Wauconda. The Pock's will be married forty-nine years this year.(6/9/18)