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    Posted 8 years ago

    SpiritBear
    (813 items)

    "Lovers, like armies, get along well enough till the engagement begins."

    I picked this up for my mom as she loves antique wedding dresses.

    An interesting note, albeit seen on many, is the Crucifix candle holder in the photo.

    A curiosity is the book, and why her right hand is wrapped. Might she also have been left-handed, as her left hand holds/rests on the book?

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    1. blunderbuss2 blunderbuss2, 8 years ago
      Good chance the pic is in reverse.
    2. SpiritBear, 8 years ago
      Also true.
    3. blunderbuss2 blunderbuss2, 8 years ago
      Now. Why does it have to be the right hand ? Must be a reason.
    4. Gillian, 8 years ago
      She may be a nun, or an almost nun. They wear wedding dresses they become Novitiates.
    5. Gillian, 8 years ago
      when they....
    6. SpiritBear, 8 years ago
      An interesting thought.
    7. scottvez scottvez, 8 years ago
      Most likely a Confirmation photo, not a wedding shot.

      It would be unusual for this image to be reversed. It is made from a glass plate negative and there is no reason for it to be mirrored.

      scott
    8. SpiritBear, 8 years ago
      Thank you, Scott.
    9. Gillian, 8 years ago
      She seems much too old for it to be a first Communion or Confirmation phpppto.
    10. fleafinder fleafinder, 8 years ago
      Hmm dont think her hands are wrapped appear more like wedding gloves to me. Those antique design that allows the fingers to be seen. Also that is the unity candle used in traditional Christian wedding ceremony. That should be the bible where traditionally Christian make oaths like wedding vows with their hand across the bible to signify a vow witnessed by God Himself
    11. scottvez scottvez, 8 years ago
      Here are some other confirmation images:

      http://www.ebay.com/itm/6-OLD-BLACK-WHITE-REAL-PHOTO-PHOTOGRAPHS-CATHOLIC-YOUNG-GIRLS-CONFIRMATION-LOT-/331873365374?hash=item4d4531ad7e:g:rCIAAOSwa81XScEd

      Hard to tell the girls age, but she could be younger than some think. Here is one with older looking women:

      http://www.ebay.com/itm/1800s-4-WOMEN-KNEELING-AT-A-CONFIRMATION-STEREOVIEW-/380272215020?hash=item5889fd83ec:m:mCfNfeX4GhKxHQ2ugVF94AA

      The single candle and holding the bible is TYPICAL of confirmation images:

      http://www.ebay.com/itm/Antique-photo-young-man-has-received-1st-holy-communion-or-confirmation-1918-/272280696411?hash=item3f6531b65b:g:gUwAAOSwMORW7zzW

      scott
    12. scottvez scottvez, 8 years ago
      Couple more:

      http://www.ebay.com/itm/1880s-cabinet-photo-of-young-ladys-confirmation-communion-in-a-beautiful-dress-/252433613674?hash=item3ac637436a:g:iOIAAOSwSclXK~Uf

      http://www.ebay.com/itm/VINTAGE-FOLDER-PHOTO-CONFIRMATION-TWO-YOUNG-SIBLINGS-BOY-AND-GIRL-1920-30s-/191917907192?hash=item2caf32dcf8:g:n2IAAOSweW5VeOMP

      scott

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