Wedding Fashions circa 1920

[curiouswombat]

When I attended the family wedding last week I was talking to someone whose uncle married my great-aunt. I mentioned that I had a picture showing the great-aunt, and this gentleman asked if I could possibly send him a copy.

However, I could do better - I have a copy of their wedding picture and, having scoured the house looking for it, finally remembered where it was this evening, and scanned it and e-mailed it to him. (And how amazing would that idea have been to the people in this picture back in 1920 or so?)

I thought it worth posting here - the glamorous lady sitting to the left is the bride's sister, my great-aunt Emily (who sadly died when I was an infant), the rather handsome young man standing at the left is their young brother - John, about 20 years old here. I don't know who the other bridesmaid is, but the gentleman sitting on the right, with his waxed moustache and spats, is the bride's cousin Charles Augustus, brought up by her parents and so more like a brother. He was a fascinating person - I must gather his whole history together some day.

But in the meantime - Aunty Nellie and Uncle Bobbie's wedding picture for your edification...

Comments

[engarian.livejournal.com]

It must be wonderful to know your family. Although I do know parts of my adopted family's history, I know nothing of my own at all. I love the fact that you know who most of these people were and are passing that information on.

- Erulisse (one L)

[curiouswombat.livejournal.com]

I have never really thought about how fortunate I am to know so much of my family background - I find it difficult to imagine not knowing.

We are quite hobbitty about families - and keeping stuff - my mother's house is the mathom house for the family I think!

I actually had this picture because it has Charles Augustus Christian on it and a researcher at our museum was very interested in him - so Mum and I went through the photo boxes looking for pictures of him.