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 tuxedo and a bow tie. The woman, right, is wearing wedding gown with lace sleeves, veil, earrings, necklace and gloves. There is a three tiered wedding cake on the table in front of them with flower arrangements on either side and a large bow in front. The groom is holding the wife's arm as she cuts the cake. Behind the groom are two pictures on a wall.
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Catalog reference: 2012.137.9.8
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