Creation Date
1866Description
Banner: Cream silk banner that hung in Turner Hall. It was made in 1866. The banner is 63" x 58". The banner is embroidered. On the right and left side is a branch with yellow, green, and brown oak leaves with acorns. There is a blue embroidered bow tie at the bottom of the two branches, tying them together. Inside of the wreath embroidered in heavy silver black cord is "Gewidmet/von den/Deutlchen Damen/Red = Wing's/Juui 1866". Some of the capital letters and the date are sequins These 2 banners once hung in Turner Hall (Turnverein), a building erected in 1873 by the German Turner (Athletic) society (Deutsches Turnverein) at the corner of Third and Broad Streets in Red Wing. Mildred Scherf's grandfather, Anton Scherf, saved them from the hall when it burned in 1882.
