We’re right in the middle of the summer wedding season (although Zoom weddings are currently the norm), so this Friday our staff wanted to highlight some of the wedding photos in our archives! We have a surprising number of photographs in our collection taken by Washington University staff documenting the nuptials of their family, friends, and coworkers in foreign countries.
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This photo shows nursing officer Meredith Harback of the 21st General Hospital (stationed in Algeria during World War II) holding a bouquet of wedding flowers. Harback was a friend of the bride, Lieutenant Marjorie Lovell, who married Lieutenant D.C. McBride in 1944 while serving overseas.
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This photo featuring a 1963 wedding party in Uganda was taken by Dr. Mildred Trotter, a WU anatomy professor and world-renowned physical anthropologist.
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E.V. Cowdry, Washington University’s head of anatomy, is the tall gentleman standing in the back of this photo. Standing to his left is his wife Alice. The Cowdrys attended this flower-filled wedding ceremony in India in 1952.
This day last year my lovely friends got married in Calabria, a beautiful day in a beautiful place! I made this sketch during the ceremony & added colour later <3
❤ “O Mankind! We have created you from a male and a female, and made you into nations and tribes, that you may know one another. Verily the most honored of you in the sight of Allah is the most righteous of you. And Allah has full knowledge and is well acquainted (with all things)“ Quran 49:13 ❤
❤ “And of His signs is the creation of the heavens and the earth and the diversity of your languages and your colors, indeed in that are signs for those of knowledge” Quran 30:22 ❤
❤ “All mankind is from Adam and Eve, an Arab has no superiority over a non-Arab nor a non-Arab has any superiority over an Arab; also a white has no superiority over a black nor a black has any superiority over white except by piety and good action.” Prophet Mohammad pbuh ❤
I need to somehow convince my girlfriend that we should absolutely spend However Much Money It Takes for us to own this because I need it
Optimus Prime is my wholesome and good giant robot dad and I need to have this toy of him so he can roam around our home, making friends with our cats and filling my heart with joy when I am sad <3
I need one of these! My jaw dropped and and my heart went fast and I need an Optimus Prime!
When me and my girlfriend get married one day, Voice Activated Optimus Prime is gonna walk me down the aisle and give me away <3
I absolutely endorse this. When it happens, you need to put the pictures up on Tumblr. I bet Optimus will look very proud.
Etsy Wedding Team @etsyweddingteam instagram loop giveaway starts tonight, Monday Jan 18th at 8pm EST…visit me at www.instagram.com/thyme2dream to enter to win a prize from on of the shops pictured here. (Ends January 20)
why do grooms get one boring black jacket and brides get the most jawdropping gowns ever like when i get married i want pearls and lace and a train is that too much to ask??
Hnn could you imagine.. a suit embroidered with baroque pearls… a LACE CAPE gently floating behind the groom… a fuckin sword..
oh my god…. your m i n d…. the wedding industry is quaking
Meanwhile in Scotland…
YO, there are SO MANY great groom outfits around the world where he is dressed all in silk, lace, gold, pearls and glitter, with capes and scarves, hats and stitchery and I find it so sad that most of these countries switch over to “suit”. Like, look at these handsome boys!
How I want you to walk into your wedding….. Feeling fierce, fabulous and slaying the Aisle! Image via @pantorabridal • Now that’s what we’re talking about! We love to see this kind of energy and vibe from our brides! #pantorabride @followyourdestiny519 @lexuryglam Hair done by @Kaylnn Hair purchased from @trinity__michelle Gown @pantorabridal Alterations @jb_perceived #prettypearbride #curvybrides #weddingday #bridalfashion #weddingslay #weddings #mermaiddress #justmarried #weddings #curvybride
I am so glad to finally be able to share my wedding gift to my cousin @krisvbendigo and her amazing new husband. This painting is of the florals that hung on their wedding arch as they said their vows in the pink of an October sunset. I can only hope that this serves as a reminder of a beautiful day and wonderful beginning. I love you both #weddings #weddinggift #weddingflowers #art #instart #painting #instapainting #artlover #artistsoninstagram #pensacolaartist #pensacolaart (at Pensacola, Florida)
Spring has sprung and love is in the air this #WeddingWednesday.
This June 20, 1935 photographic negative shows Emilie Lynam Mitchell on the day of her wedding to Gates Cooper Gilmore. The wedding was held at Woodside Farms in Hockessin, Delaware, the home of Emilie’s brothers Paul and Joseph.
This item is part of Hagley Library’s collection of Thomas C. Marshall photographs (Acc. 1990.270). The family’s patriarch, Israel W. Marshall (1850-1911), founded the Marshall Brothers Paper Mill in Yorklyn in 1890. The wealth generated by this family business allowed his son,Thomas Clarence Marshall (1885-1969), to become a man of many hobbies, including photography.
In addition to other subjects, the Hagley’s collection of his photographs contains images like this one, documenting the Marshall family and their friends. Other subjects include photographs of the family home, the Marshall Brothers Paper Mill, Marshall’s collection of Stanley Steamer automobiles, and various locations and events in and around Delaware and Chester County, Pennsylvania. To view a large selection of images from thiscollection online now, visit its page in our Digital Archive by clicking here.
