mommymakesstuff2 Posted September 15, 2009 Share Posted September 15, 2009 Anyone got a few pictures? need some inspiration... thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minis On The Edge Posted September 15, 2009 Share Posted September 15, 2009 (edited) What about this site Click Here Edited September 15, 2009 by Minis On The Edge to fix the link Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bookmarm Posted September 15, 2009 Share Posted September 15, 2009 I have one of Jim's granny and grandpa who were married right around that time. It's pretty clear. I'll try scanning and posting it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bookmarm Posted September 15, 2009 Share Posted September 15, 2009 it was taken in June 1916 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corwin Posted September 16, 2009 Share Posted September 16, 2009 some of these dresses look easy to make. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LLyn M. Posted September 16, 2009 Share Posted September 16, 2009 Lovely picture,Gayle!! I love older fashions! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bookmarm Posted September 16, 2009 Share Posted September 16, 2009 aren't they a cute couple. There is a STORY! Do you want to hear the STORY? Seems Granny Beck was a teacher in a one room schoolhouse. There was road construction going on nearby. The students were out playing, and the construction manager sidled up to the pretty school teacher to chat. He was showing her the theodolite surveying instrument and asked her to look through it to his crew and pick out a husband. She did...and that fine man became her hubby for 60 years! They lost one stillborn son (we still own the $5 receipt for his burial in 1918-ish). My mom in law's birth was thought to be 'high risk' because of the earlier stillborn child, so granny was checked into the hospital 'early' by a few months. My MIL was born in the hospital elevator because they couldn't get her to the surgery ward in time! Granny lived to be 101 and continued to live in the home Edwin built for her up until she was 99 and broke a hip. She was a student of Fanny Farmer at the Boston Cooking school and was a great cook! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justmesue Posted September 16, 2009 Share Posted September 16, 2009 Great pics of the era weddings. Love the wedding story, Bookmarm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corwin Posted September 16, 2009 Share Posted September 16, 2009 What a great story Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bookmarm Posted September 16, 2009 Share Posted September 16, 2009 I forgot that we have the newspaper piece from when they returned to his hometown days after their marriage. This was an era when weddings were described with great exuberance and detail! It mentions the town band that met them at the railway station to accompany the couple through the streets in what must have been a fun parade! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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