A 4"x6" glass plate negative, full figure wedding portrait of John D. and Mary Oehme, Brainard, Nebraska. The bride is wearing a long white dress with full skirt, leg-o-mutton sleeves with ruffle cuff, lace-trimmed bodice, a white scarf wound around her neck to form a stand collar is tied to one side with brooch pinned to the front, sitting on a wicker bench, one arm draped over the arm of the bench, the other arm resting on a table with fringed table rug and framed photograph, a corsage pinned to her bodice and rings on the finger. The groom is standing next to her on a dark fur rug, wearing a mustache, dark three-piece suit, white shirt with stiff front and wing collar, white bow tie, watch chain and medallion pinned to his vest and boutonniere on his lapel.
Thorpe Opera House Foundation/Boston Studio Project
Local Accession Number
00027280000
Source
Original format: 4"x6" glass plate negative from the Boston Studio Project collection.
Historical Notes
John D. Oehme was born in Chemnitz, Saxony, Germany, in 1865, the oldest son of Ferdinand and Anna Richter Oehme. He immigrated to the U.S. with his mother in 1869, one year after his father immigrated. His father worked as an accountant for the Burlington Railroad.
