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Friday 5 August 2016

Dreaming of Love & Marriage - Sepia Saturday Week 1


We have had two prompts (see below) for this week's Sepia Saturday post. The first of a young girl with her hands framing her face. It is rather difficult to pinpoint her age.   She  is looking pensive  - is she dreaming of her prince charming, perhaps or her wedding day?  For a second theme running  throughout August focuses on Love & Marriage. 

What struck me about the young girl's portrait were her hands. 



Hands and Heart - Here is  my grandmother Alice English (1884-1945) who married William Danson in 1907.  Looking happy and poised, she is wearing a corsage in this photograph and I have always thought it must be a wedding picture with copies held by different members of the Danson family. 
     Anther photograph of Alice, taken c.1916 as her husband prepared to go to war. 

My great grandmother Maria Rawcliffe (1859-1919) who married James Danson in 1877.  She has featured frequently on my blog - the seventh of eight daughters (five surviving infancy) and with an extended family of three step-siblings and five half- siblings.   Maria and James had ten sons followed by their only daughter Jennie. 

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Continuing Love & Marriage for the Danson family - with arms  intertwined are Annie Danson and her new  husband Harry Ditchfield, after their wedding in  1928.  


The local press report provided a colourful and evocative description of Annie's dress - a fascinating commentary on the fashion of the day.  
"The bride, who was given away by her uncle Mr R. Danson, was gowned in delphinium blue georgette, the sleeveless bodice being plain, while the circular skirt was side slashed and bordered all round with deep silver lace.  Her hat was ruched georgette to tone and she wore silver shoes and hose to tone.  Her bouquet was of pale pink chrysanthemums." 

Look out for more of my family wedding photographs from the early 1900's onwards 
to be featured throughout August in this Sepia Saturday series. 

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 Each week Sepia Saturday, provides an opportunity for genealogy bloggers to share their family history through photographs.  

 


Click HERE to see this week's tales of Love and Marriage 
from Sepia Saturday Bloggers. 

13 comments:

  1. Congrats! You successfully combined both #342 prompts in a single post and a lovely post it is at that! My favorite photo has to be of Harry & Annie. And the description of her gown, etc. is helpful. Wish the photo came in color. She must have looked smashing!

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  2. I thought there was another prompt for this week and while looking for wedding photos, I found one that would have fit the hands under chin perfectly. Perhaps I'll do it next week. But there is probably another one for that too!

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  3. Alan could have a go at colorising Annie's wedding dress following that detailed description!

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  4. I like that you used the original prompt photo too. I have a number of the original ones already written and scheduled. The new format should be interesting! Lovely photos of your grandmother and great-grandmother. Very pretty ladies!

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  5. A great idea to combine both prompts. I love the photos.

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  6. What struck me in the first three photo's is the more or less similar position of the hands. A matter of photographic fashion?

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  7. LOvely photos. I really loved the description of the dress.

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  8. I like your hands medley. As Peter noted it was probably a photographer's fashion but it adds a subtle personal character to the portraits. Similarly the position of women's lockets was important too. I've seen it in men's portraits that focus on rings and watch fobs.

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  9. What a gorgeous dress! The delphinium and silver would have been stunning together. Her bouquet also looks very elaborate although the description says only pink chrysanthemums.

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  10. The 1928 photo is wonderful! I love the dress. There's a certain bit of fun to it that you don't see in a lot of wedding dresses.

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  11. Thank you to everyone for their kind comments. Since I finished this post, I came across another "hands" photograph which would have been brilliant for this prompt - oh, well, might come in handy another time. Sorry - I could not resist that pun!

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  12. There is something beautiful about 1920s wedding fashions that we don’t see in other eras, and yours is a lovely example. If only we could see the delphinium blue!

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  13. What a great post. Heart and hands- Love and Marriage.
    And to be topped off by a great description of the wedding dress. The newspapers gave such great word pictures in days past.

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