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Details
Contributor Consolidated Portrait & Frame Co., publisher.
Title Marriage certificate. This certifies that [blank] of [blank] and [blank] of [blank] united in holy matrimony according to the ordinance of God and the laws of [blank] at [blank] on the [blank] day of [blank] A.D. [blank]. Witnesses [blank] [blank] [graphic].
Publisher Chi[cago]: [Consolidated Portrait & Frame Co.]
Publisher ILL. Chicago. 1910
Date 1910
Physical Description 1 print: color halftone photomechanical print; sheet 51 x 40 cm (20 x 15.75 in.)
Description Marriage certificate containing a scene with an African American bride, groom, and reverend, pictorial details, and an ornamented border. Scene depicts the bride, in the left, in right profile, standing, and attired in a long-sleeved white wedding dress and bridal cap with floor length veil draped down her back. She holds a large bouquet from which ribbons stream and she bows her head slightly forward. In the right, the groom, in left profile, stands, attired in a dark suit with morning jacket and a boutonniere adorning the lapel. His head is slightly bowed. Between them, facing the viewer, stands an older reverend, attired in a clerical waistcoat and pants. He is balding with tufts of grey hair by his ears. He holds a Bible at his midriff. Ferns adorn the background. Pictorial details, surround the scene and text of the certificate, and include two Black putti; a vignette depicting the clasped hands of a Black bride and groom; and tropical greenery. The ornamented border is composed of ribbons and a chain link.
Notes Title from item.
Name of publisher inferred and date from copyright statement: copyrighted 1910 P.P. and F. Co. Chi.
Description of print (No. 1900) included in 1911 trade catalog for the Consolidated Portrait and Frame Co., p. 135a. Description reads: Good Luck Marriage Certificate. This certificate was printed and designed especially for the negro race. There is no other certificate so far as we know, exclusively for them.
RVCDC
Purchased with partial funds from the Davida Tenenbaum Deutsch Women's History Fund.
Subject African American children.
African American clergy.
African American couples.
African American men.
African American women.
Borders (ornament areas)
Brides.
Grooms.
Putti.
Weddings.
Genre Halftone photomechanical prints -- Color -- 1900-1910.
Marriage certificates -- 1910-1920.
Printer Consolidated Portrait & Frame Co., publisher.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| *GC - Certificates - Marriage [P.2023.7]
Accession number P.2023.7