Museum object · Photographs and Still Images
Wedding portrait of couple
1948 - 1970s
Greenville, Washington County, Mississippi, United States, North and Central America
Source catalog description
This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.
A black-and-white photograph of a newly married couple. The man, left, is wearing a dark suit and tie. He has a moustache. The woman, right is wearing a light dress, earrings and gloves. There is a large arrangement of flowers attached to her dress just below her left shoulder. There is a three tier wedding cake on the table in front of them beside a punch bowl. The two of them are cutting the cake. Behind them both is a pair of candelabras.
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Catalog metadata · CC0 · Source checked 2026-10-13
Catalog reference: 2012.137.9.6
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