Summary
Black and white photograph of Elsa Crocker Lewis with her father, Selby, on her wedding day in 1954. In the image Elsa 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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Portrait of Elsa Crocker Lewis with her father, Selby. They are in an outdoor setting, with a wedding car behind them. Elsa wears her wedding dress and holds a bouquet, Selby is dressed in a suit.
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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