Found: wedding photo early 1900s

MLwilser · 05-06-2006, 06:02

I am a new member from the USA. A photo in my collection piqued my interest with its lack of subject names <sigh> and nice photographer's stamp: Juttersulf, Accrington.

Groom is dark-haired and might be Italian, bride a vision in pleated gown and flower-covered hat & huge boquet. Photo was purchased in San Jose, California, in 1997, if that clue helps.

I am wondering if anybody can help identify the bride & groom. There isn't much to go on, but I'll happily scan the thing if anyone would like to give it a go.

Should anybody be able to identify the couple as their ancestors, I will happily send the photo to them and keep only a scan. It would be a thrill to reunite it with family members.

==Marjorie Wilser

(whose English ancestors are at least 300 years old)

garinda · 05-06-2006, 15:18

Hi Marjorie. Could you not scan the photograph and post it here as an attachment?

The more clues there are the greater the chance of someone here perhaps putting a name or names to your photograph.

Tealeaf · 05-06-2006, 15:50

Hmm...the 'Italian' bit is interesting. I can't see many I-ties hanging around turn-of-the-century Accy. As far as I'm aware, there were no Pizza takeaway's around at the time & the nearest to a nice bottle of Chianti would have been half of best mild. Even waiting for the sun to emerge from behind the rain clouds would have been a waste of time, because if it did no one could see it because of the mill chimney smoke. No wonder he went west.

I suspect the dark 'Italian' may instead have been a local coal miner; they did not have pit top showers in those days.

Len · 06-06-2006, 21:53

Great Photo.
It would be interesting if did find out who they are.

ossy kid · 07-06-2006, 06:19

Hi Marjorie, a great old photo, the stamp is actually, Tattersall Accrington. Looks like a posh do, nice hat eh.