(Almost) Wordless Wednesday
I wanted to include this picture in last week’s post about my mom and great-Aunt’s birthday, but I didn’t have it. Now I have it! This is my Great Aunt Flo’s wedding, on her 26th birthday in 1950. My Mom is the flower girl, with her curls and her hoop skirt, and it’s her 8th birthday. I think her dress is yellow. My Grandma is next to the bride, and then my other Great Aunt. I don’t know the other bridesmaid, nor any of the groomsmen. My Great Uncle Wes died before I was born, so I never met him. Doesn’t this look like a beautiful wedding?
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AC
Now I am reminded of once wearing a white-jacket tux when I was a groomsman. I felt quite spiffy. But I was just called an usher back in those days, I think. I don’t remember the term, groomsman, being used in the distant past.
J
Nice! Yes, I have heard both terms. And Ted and his best man both wore white-jacket tuxes when we were married. We felt it was SO CLASSY. I still really like the look.
Suzanne
This picture is so fabulous! I love everything about it. What a neat piece of family history!
J
Thanks Suzanne! I love it too.
mbmom11
Glorious!! The women all look like movie stars – that Eera knew how to dress up nicely. Was your aunt’s waist really that tiny? Wow.
And your mom was adorable!
J
They do look like movie stars! I’ll bet my great aunt starved herself for weeks to get her waist that small for her wedding day. Lots of toxic diet culture in my family, I’m sorry to say.
PocoBrat
This is such a fabulous photo and your mom’s smile is just so radiant (and still so reminiscent of yours!).
Is it just me or is the bridal party outshining the groom’s party by a huge margin?
J
LOL, I suspect you are right about that!
Michelle G.
I love these old black and white photos. There’s such an elegance about them. Wow, your Aunt Flo is stunning in her dress! And your mom looks so adorable. What a lovely piece of family history!
J
Thanks Michelle!
nance
Your mom looks so pleased with herself. I bet she loved, loved, LOVED her fancy dress and spun around in it a whole bunch of times!
Gosh, your Aunt Flo was a glamour girl. That dress!
J
You’re right Nance, my mom LOVED that dress, and my Great Aunt Flo said that everyone said she stole the show with her red hair and hoopskirts.
Margaret
What a beautiful and special photo! I starved myself before my wedding too; my free wedding dress was a size smaller than I normally wore.
J
I’m normally against starving oneself to fit into a dress, but that sounds like a valid reason, especially since you only had to wear it once! Free wedding dress is HUGE.