Summary
Black and white photograph of Eva Crocker Orr in Yarraville in 1948. In the image Eva wears the family wedding veil which was passed down through the one female line and worn by over 100 women over five generations.
The Limerick lace wedding veil was imported from Ireland for the wedding of Scottish migrant Janet Scrimgeour when she married Danish migrant Peter Franz Brackelmann in Bendigo in 1865. It remained in the family until it was donated to Museum Victoria.
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Wedding portrait of Eva Crocker Orr. She stands in front of a brick wall in her wedding dress, holding a bouquet.
Physical Description
Digital image from a black and white photograph
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Migration & Cultural Diversity, Clothing & Textiles, Home & Community, Images & Image Making
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Digital file, Black & White
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