Wedding Party Portrait
Photographer
Cobb Studio
Dateca. 1900
Mediumglass plate negative
Dimensions6 × 8 1/2 in. (15.2 × 21.6 cm)
ClassificationsPhotography
Credit LineAlbuquerque Museum, gift of Walter C. Haussamen
Object numberPA1990.013.314.A
DescriptionWedding portrait of an unidentified bride and groom and their wedding party at the Cobb Studio in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The groom stands on the left and the bride second from the left, both wearing white gloves. The groom has a boutonniere on his dark, single-breasted three-piece suit jacket. His hair is parted and combed to the side. The bride has a floral beaded headpiece with a veil, which has a floral garland trim. She is holding a floral bouquet in her left hand and holds the groom's hand in her right. The sleeves of the dress are long and have a flaring lace cuff. The bodice is decorated with layers of lace and sequence. She wears a beaded multistrand necklace. A man and woman are standing to the couple's left. The women stands next to the bride, holds her vail in one gloved hand, while the other holds the hand of a man. She wears a dark satin dress with a white flouncing, lace layer at the top. She has a large arranged bow on the top of her head and wears a cross necklace. The man wears a single-breasted wool three-piece slack or lounge suit with a T-bar pocket watch chain attached to his vest. He wears a bow tie, striped collared undershirt, and also wears a boutonniere.
Emulsion deterioration is occurring on the glass plate causing distortion and emulsion loss.
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