Wedding scrapbook compiled by Lollaretta Pemberton
- Manufactured by
- C.R. Gibson and Company, American, founded 1870
- Subject of
- Allen, Lollaretta Pemberton, American, 1895 - 1979
- Allen, Grover Joseph, American, 1889 - 1984
- Date
- 1939
- Medium
- leather, ink on paper, newsprint and pressure-sensitive tape
- Dimensions
- Closed: 10 3/4 × 8 1/8 × 3/8 in. (27.3 × 20.6 × 1 cm)
- Description
- This is a "Wedding Memories" scrapbook made by Lollaretta Pemberton for her wedding to Grover Allen on July 10, 1939. The scrapbook has a white leather cover with stylized gold-leaf leaves and the words "Wedding Memories" embossed across the front. Inside Lollaretta included her wedding invitation, a newspaper clipping of her dream wedding dress, and lists of guests and their gifts.
- Transcription Center Status
- Transcribed by digital volunteers
- Place depicted
- Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States, North and Central America
- Marshall, Harrison County, Texas, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Memorabilia and Ephemera
- Type
- scrapbooks
- Topic
- American West
- Communities
- Families
- Marriage customs and rites
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Rita C. Organ and Pemberton Family
- Object number
- 2012.30.5
- Restrictions & Rights
- Unknown - Restrictions Possible
- Rights assessment and proper usage is the responsibility of the user.