Why Throw Rice: Our Romantic Wedding Customs and Their Origin
Publisher
People's House of Flowers
(founded 1944)
Dateca. 1950
Mediumink on paper
Dimensions6 7/8 x 4 1/8 in. (17.5 x 10.5 cm)
ClassificationsDocumentary Artifact
Credit LineAlbuquerque Museum, gift of Margaret and Ken Wright
Object numberPC2021.52.1
DescriptionThis 22-page pamphlet seeks to inform readers of the origins of particular wedding customs. The pages are a cream color and it is in a rectangular shape. The front cover is orange, with a cream colored border that is the same color as the pages. The text on the front cover is white and states the title of the pamphlet in different styles of font across the page. At the top of the page is an outline of a child surrounded by flowers in white. In the middle of the page is also an outline of two hands, one with suit cuffs and one with a dress sleeve. The hand in the suit is putting a ring on the other hand, the word "Ceremony" is above this in decorative script, all in white. The back of the book has the name of the distributor, "Peoples House of Flowers" and their location in Albuquerque.On View
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