This is a snapshot from the Antique Shop in Detroit Lakes Minnesota.
November 1958 and this couple is going someplace..perhaps they have been to a wedding. At first I thought a Prom..but usually Proms are held in the spring of the year.
I love looking around in the photo..noticing his cufflinks and that white shirt with the cuffs. They are sitting on a piano or organ bench. That wallpaper is a treat for your eyes and I recall those bronze horses too. There is a clock between them that shows five minutes to nine..and I think he is holding a dark bottle in his left hand.
I am not sure what that poufy hem is called in the gals dress. If I recall correctly..the dress is cut longer and the hem has a string that is pulled and then it is stitched in place to the can can slip so it is equally poufy all the way around..I bet it was itchy. I seem to recall a paper slip too..and stuffing the poufs with tissue paper. Perhaps a reader has actually worn a dress like the one pictured.
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What a great picture with lots of details.
ReplyDeleteYou've got good eyes! I did not see the bottle but I too remember the bronze horses and LOVE that vintage wallpaper. I thought Prom too but then I see it says November but is that when it was taken or developed? They look awfully young to be holding a dark brown bottle unless it was maple syrup? LOL!
ReplyDeleteDeveloped in 1958 it could have been taken anytime that year or the year before:)
DeleteWhat a great 50's photo! Reminds me of some of the ones in my parents old albums. You definitely saw lots of that kind of wallpaper!
ReplyDeleteI think your first instinct is probably correct about this being a Prom photo. If this family was anything like mine, photos were taken and the film not developed for months.
ReplyDeleteYou may be right Nancy..some of my Mothers Christmas photos were developed the next year. :)
DeleteI wouldn't care how scratchy it is...the soft drape of the dress looks lovely.
ReplyDeleteOne thing to keep in mind when using the date on a snapshot to actually date the photo is that that is only the date the film was processed and printed, not necessarily when the shot was taken. I can remember my folks having film in the camera for a year before getting it processed. We didn't snap photos quickly like we do today. You sort of doled them out over a period of time. So this could be a prom shot.
ReplyDeleteThat's beautiful wallpaper! I wish I had it in my bedroom.
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