Chinese Couple's Wedding Portrait | Photograph | Wisconsin Historical Society

Photograph

Chinese Couple's Wedding Portrait

Chinese Couple's Wedding Portrait | Photograph | Wisconsin Historical Society
Tou Fong Chu, bride and Tsao Shih Wang, groom, working on a PhD in Political Science at the U.W., are posing with, left to right: Justice Marvin Rosenberry, who married the couple in the first wedding held in the Memorial Union, Dean F. Louise Nardin, the couple, T.K.Pan, best man and Dean Scott H. Goodnight who gave the bride away. 
The back of the photograph is signed: "To Mr. and Mrs. M.B. Rosenberry From Mr. and Mrs. T.S. Wang, July 28, 1929." Includes further annotation in Chinese.
DESCRIPTION
Tou Fong Chu, bride and Tsao Shih Wang, groom, working on a PhD in Political Science at the U.W., are posing with, left to right: Justice Marvin Rosenberry, who married the couple in the first wedding held in the Memorial Union, Dean F. Louise Nardin, the couple, T.K.Pan, best man and Dean Scott H. Goodnight who gave the bride away. The back of the photograph is signed: "To Mr. and Mrs. M.B. Rosenberry From Mr. and Mrs. T.S. Wang, July 28, 1929." Includes further annotation in Chinese.
RECORD DETAILS
Image ID:127310
Creation Date: 05 18 1929
Creator Name:Photo Art Studio
City:Madison
County:Dane
State:Wisconsin
Collection Name:Classified file, circa 1850s-1950s
Genre:Photograph
Original Format Type:photographic print, b&w
Original Format Number:CF 32916
Original Dimensions:9.5 x 7.5 inches
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Published in the Wisconsin State Journal on May 20, 1929. Other articles on the couple and their wedding: May 2, 1929 and May 19, 1929. Separated from the Marvin B. Rosenberry Papers, 1845-1956.
SUBJECTS
Flowers
Dresses
Eyeglasses
Neckties
Shoes
Suits (Clothing)
Wedding costume
Asians
Indoor photography
Men
Portraits, Group
Women

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