[Decorating for the wedding]

One of 5,145 photographs in the series: Joe Clark, HBSS, 1939-1989 available on this site.

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Photograph of Hazel Petrey and Gilbert Dove decorating the interior of Sunny View Methodist Church where they will be wed the nest day. Dove and Petrey decorate the walls with recently collected pine-bough and mountain laurel from around the area. Narrative by Junebug Clark: More images and information can be found in the July 28, 1941 issue of Life Magazine, pages 82-85 in the story “Life Magazine Goes to a Kentucky Wedding.” Also in the Joe Clark, HBSS book “Country Wedding," published in 1974. Additionally, a 1982 photo of Hazel and Gilbert can be found in Joe’s Tennessee Scrapbook. All … continued below

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1 photograph : negative, b&w ; 4 x 5 in.

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Clark, Joe June 14, 1941.

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Photograph of Hazel Petrey and Gilbert Dove decorating the interior of Sunny View Methodist Church where they will be wed the nest day. Dove and Petrey decorate the walls with recently collected pine-bough and mountain laurel from around the area. Narrative by Junebug Clark: More images and information can be found in the July 28, 1941 issue of Life Magazine, pages 82-85 in the story “Life Magazine Goes to a Kentucky Wedding.” Also in the Joe Clark, HBSS book “Country Wedding," published in 1974. Additionally, a 1982 photo of Hazel and Gilbert can be found in Joe’s Tennessee Scrapbook. All are in the Clark Family Photography Collection.

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1 photograph : negative, b&w ; 4 x 5 in.

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Clark Family Photography Collection

This seminal work of visual storytelling represents the extensive Clark family archives from the golden age of American photography. Their work has featured in Life Magazine, National Geographic, Look and Newsweek.

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  • June 14, 1941

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Clark, Joe. [Decorating for the wedding], photograph, June 14, 1941; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc489346/: accessed May 21, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.

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