Wedding portrait of Lollaretta Pemberton
- Photograph by
- Unidentified
- Subject of
- Allen, Lollaretta Pemberton, American, 1895 - 1979
- Date
- 1939
- Medium
- silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
- Dimensions
- H x W: 10 x 8 in. (25.4 x 20.3 cm)
- Description
- Black-and-white portrait photograph of bride-to-be Lollaretta Pemberton in her wedding ensemble posed in front of a painted backdrop. 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.
- Place captured
- Marshall, Harrison County, Texas, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Media Arts-Photography
- Type
- gelatin silver prints
- portraits
- Topic
- American West
- Marriage customs and rites
- Migrations
- Photography
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Rita C. Organ and Pemberton Family
- Object number
- 2012.30.3
- Restrictions & Rights
- Public domain
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.