Photo Record
Images
Metadata
Object Identification Number |
1994.259.075 |
Object Name |
Print, Photographic |
Donor |
Forrest, Jeanne Hansen |
Description |
Black and white wedding photograph of a couple. The man is standing behind a dark wood table to the viewer's left. He is wearing a long, dark, double-breasted suit coat, a white shirt, and a white bow tie. He appears to be holding a glove in his proper right hand. He has short hair and a mustache. The women is sitting in a wood chair and wearing a long white wedding dress. The sleeves are long and puffy at the top. She is holding flowers in her lap. She has dark hair and is wearing a headdress of leaves and tulle, from which her veil falls. The photo was taken in front of a backdrop of a lace curtain with tassels and a pillar off to the viewer's left side. The print is mounted on a piece of mat. There is a studio mark along the bottom which reads "F.E.Winther Lemvig", between which are images of people in circles and a crown. On the back is written "Married 1904 / Nor. Jutland". In the bottom corner is "12698". |
Print Size |
4 3/16 x 6 9/16 |
Creation Date |
1904 |
Studio |
F.E. Winther |
Place of Creation |
Denmark/Nothern Jutland |
Associated People |
Mühldorff, Sophus |
Search Terms |
Mühldorff, Sophus wedding marriage wedding dress wedding gown bouquet veil bride groom couple Northern Jutland Lemvig F.E. Winther |
Date Received by Museum |
09/07/1994 |
Provenance |
The back of the photograph states that this couple was married in 1904 in northern Jutland. Based on visual comparison, the groom in this photograph may be Sophus Mühldorff, who is pictured in 1994.259.077. However, there is no other evidence to support this. A note in the accession file states that the pictures in this accession are primarily of Christian Smith's family. There was a family legend that his great-grandmother was the illegitimate daughter of the king. The donor grew up in Chicago's Danish Community, where she and her husband were active in the Dania Society. Her parents immigrated separately to Chicago and were married around 1924. |
Images |
136\1994259075.JPG |
Accession number |
1994.259 |