Wedding portrait of Lollaretta Pemberton and Grover Allen
- Photograph by
- Unidentified
- Subject of
- Allen, Lollaretta Pemberton, American, 1895 - 1979
- Allen, Grover Joseph, American, 1889 - 1984
- Date
- 1939
- Medium
- silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
- Dimensions
- H x W: 8 x 10 in. (20.3 x 25.4 cm)
- Description
- Black-and-white portrait photograph of bride Lollaretta Pemberton in her wedding dress and her groom Grover Allen in a white suit, with dark tie, lapel pin and pocket square standing in front of a painted back drop. The ivory colored lace and tulle wedding dress has short puffed sleeves, a bodice with center ruching, and alternating narrow panels of lace and tulle, running vertically up the skirt throughout the bodice. There is a silk headpiece shaped to a point with wire. A long tulle and lace veil attaches to the headpiece and trails on the floor. She wears long white gloves to the elbow.
- Classification
- Photographs and Still Images
- Type
- gelatin silver prints
- portraits
- Topic
- American West
- Marriage customs and rites
- Men
- Migrations
- Photography
- Women
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Rita C. Organ and Pemberton Family
- Object number
- 2012.30.2
- Restrictions & Rights
- Public domain
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.