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Wedding portrait of a bride

African American Museum

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Object Details

Created by

Rev. Henry Clay Anderson, American, 1911 - 1998

Subject of

Unidentified Woman or Women

Description

A color photograph of a bride. She is wearing a white veil, earrings, a necklace and a long-sleeved white gown with a train. She is standing in front of a pulpit with a candelabra with palm fronds behind her.

Credit Line

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Charles Schwartz and Shawn Wilson

Date

1960 - 1970s

Object number

2012.137.24.4

Restrictions & Rights

© Smithsonian National Museum of African American History & Culture
Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.

Type

chromogenic color prints
portraits

Medium

dye and photographic gelatin on photographic paper

Place made

Greenville, Washington County, Mississippi, United States, North and Central America

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National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection

Classification

Photographs and Still Images

Data Source

National Museum of African American History and Culture

Topic

African American
Marriage customs and rites
Photography
Religious rituals and ceremonies

Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5686670cb-4ffb-432a-9f64-de97bc9524f8

Record ID

nmaahc_2012.137.24.4

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