| Contributor |
Universal Photo Art Co., distributor. |
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Graves, C.H. -1943, publisher. |
| Title |
A darktown wedding, the ceremony [graphic]. |
| Publisher |
Philadelphia : C.H. Graves, Publisher |
| Publisher |
PA. Philadelphia. 1901 |
| Date |
1901 |
| Physical Description |
1 photograph : gelatin silver on card mount ; mount 18 x 9 cm (3.75 x 7 in.) (stereograph format) |
| Description |
Racist depiction of the nuptials of a young African American couple officiated by a white-haired African American man and
witnessed by six African American attendants. In the left, the officiant, attired in a suit, holds a paper as he conducts
the ceremony. The bride, attired in veil pinned to the back of her hair, a white dress with a large boutonniere of flowers,
and white gloves, has her head tilted down and holds the hand of the groom. The groom, attired in a white collared shirt,
a waistcoat, a jacket with a large flower boutonniere, pants, and shoes, stands facing left towards the officiant. Two women
and three men stand behind the couple and watch the ceremony. One man alters a placard on the wall that reads, “suffer little
children to come unto me” by crossing out “me” and writing “us” inverting the “s.” The dilapidated wall with exposed brick
is sparsely decorated with another placard, “God bless our home” and a framed picture. A top hat rests on a stool.
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| Notes |
Title from item. |
|
Date from copyright statement: Copyright 1901 by C.H. Graves. |
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Publisher's blindstamp on mount. |
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Distributor's blindstamp on mount: The Universal Photo Art Co. Philadelphia, Napierville, Ill., London, Paris, Hamburg. |
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Stamped on mount: 4574. |
|
Purchase 2001. |
|
RVCDC |
|
Description revised 2022. |
|
Access points revised 2022. |
|
Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012. |
| Subject |
African American couples. |
|
African American men. |
|
African American women. |
|
African Americans. |
|
African Americans -- Marriage. |
|
Older people. |
|
Racism in popular culture. |
|
Wedding clothing & dress. |
|
Weddings -- United States. |
| Genre |
Gelatin silver prints -- 1900-1910. |
|
Genre photographs -- 1900-1910. |
|
Stereographs -- 1900-1910. |
| Printer |
Graves, C.H. (Carleton H.), -1943, publisher. |
| Location |
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| stereo - Graves - Genre [P.9922] |
| Accession number |
P.9922 |
