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Swedish Wedding, Staten Island, NY, 1973

Katrina Thomas Ethnic Wedding Photographs
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Title

Swedish Wedding, Staten Island, NY, 1973

Description

Jeanne, wearing a crown of the Order of Vasa, a Swedish-American fraternal society, feeds "kransekake," a Scandinavian traditional cake decorated with the two flags of their cultural heritage, to her new husband, Randolph, of Norwegian lineage.

Katrina Thomas's notes: Most Swedish-Americans are Lutherans or Methodists, emigrating between 1840 and 1910, passing through New York City, to settle the upper Midwest. However, I photograph two Swedish weddings in NYC, one, being a Swedish bride who marries a Norwegian. She wears a white wedding dress. The other couple chooses to wear traditional dress of a particular region. Both brides wear the crown of the Vasa Order, originally a fraternal society for Swedes but now open to all of Scandinavian descent.

Creator

Thomas, Katrina (photographer)

Type

Still image

Photograph

Date

1973

Internet Media Type

image/tiff

Extent

1 photograph : black-and-white

Digital Origin

reformatted digital

Topical Subject

Swedes

Weddings

Marriage customs and rites

Newlyweds

Interethnic marriage

Dinners and dining

Wedding cakes

Geographic Subject

Staten Island (New York, N.Y.)

Hierarchical Geographic Subject

North and Central America--United States--New York--New York

Department

Bryn Mawr College Special Collections

Item Identifier

BMC-M59

Note

Photographer's categories: Feast and reception , Newlyweds , Inter-ethnic marriage , Sharing food , Cake , Crowns

Local Identifier

BMC-M59_55-01

Rights Status

IN COPYRIGHT