Wedding scrapbook compiled by Lollaretta Pemberton
date: label: Date
content: 1939
name: label: Manufactured by
content: C.R. Gibson and Company, American, founded 1870
label: Subject of
content: Lollaretta Pemberton Allen, American, 1895 - 1979
label: Subject of
content: Grover Joseph Allen, American, 1889 - 1984
notes: label: Description
content: 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.
label: Transcription Center Status
content: Transcribed by digital volunteers
place: label: Place depicted
content: Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States, North and Central America
label: Place depicted
content: Marshall, Harrison County, Texas, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: American West
label: Topic
content: Communities
label: Topic
content: Families
label: Topic
content: Marriage customs and rites
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Memorabilia and Ephemera - Other
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Rita C. Organ and Pemberton Family
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2012.30.5
objectType: label: Type
content: scrapbooks
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Unknown - Restrictions Possible
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Rights assessment and proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: leather, ink on paper, newsprint and pressure-sensitive tape
label: Dimensions
content: Closed: 10 3/4 × 8 1/8 × 3/8 in. (27.3 × 20.6 × 1 cm)