Wedding Invitations Collection
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Description
Wedding Invitations Collection
Overview
The Wedding Invitations Collection is a small, digitized set of three Victorian‑era wedding invitations dated 1891. The items are scanned images of printed cards, each accompanied by machine‑read text extracted from the originals. The collection is held by the Alice Austen House museum in Staten Island, New York, and is part of its archival holdings on late‑19th‑century social life.Background
The invitations were issued by three families residing in the New York metropolitan area and the state of Pennsylvania. The creators listed in the collection record are Erastus Wiman, James A. Duigley, and John C. Bailey, parents of the brides. The cards were sent to invitees to celebrate the marriages of their daughters—Martha Thérèse Wiman, Carrie M. Duigley, and Lillian Bailey—to their respective partners. The events took place on February 10, 1891 (two weddings) and May 20, 1891 (one wedding), at Christ Church in New Brighton, Staten Island, and Beech Creek Presbyterian Church in Beech Creek, Pennsylvania.Contents
The collection contains three scanned images (JPEG) of the invitations, each with a clear, legible layout of the printed text. The OCR data confirms the invitation wording, including the names of the hosts, the bride, the groom, the date, time, and venue of each ceremony. The cards feature formal Victorian‑style typography and are written in English. The collection also includes the metadata that identifies the creators, dates, and locations associated with each invitation.Scope
The collection covers a single year, 1891, and includes three wedding invitations from families connected to the Alice Austen House. It documents the social customs of upper‑middle‑class families in Staten Island and Pennsylvania during the late Victorian period. The items are limited to the printed invitations themselves; no accompanying correspondence, photographs, or related ephemera are included. The collection is valuable for researchers interested in 19th‑century wedding practices, family networks, and regional social history.Raw Cheimarros Data
@wedding_invitations_collection:document {title: "Wedding Invitations Collection", creator: [@erastus_wiman, @james_a_duigley, @john_c_bailey], institution: @alice_austen_house, created: @date_1891, subjects: ["Wedding invitations","Marriage","Social events","Victorian era"], description: "A collection of wedding invitations from 1891, featuring marriages of Martha Thérèse Wiman, Carrie M. Duigley, and Lillian Bailey.", place: [@new_brighton_staten_island, @beech_creek_pennsylvania]}
@erastus_wiman:person {full_name: "Erastus Wiman"}
@james_a_duigley:person {full_name: "James A. Duigley"}
@john_c_bailey:person {full_name: "John C. Bailey"}
@alice_austen_house:organization {type: "museum", location: @staten_island_ny}
@alice_austen:person {full_name: "Elizabeth Alice Austen", birth: @date_1866, death: @date_1952, occupation: "photographer"}
@new_brighton_staten_island:place {city: "Staten Island", borough: "New Brighton", state: @new_york, country: @united_states}
@beech_creek_pennsylvania:place {city: "Beech Creek", state: @pennsylvania, country: @united_states}
@christ_church_new_brighton:place {name: "Christ Church", location: @new_brighton_staten_island}
@beech_creek_presbyterian_church:place {name: "Beech Creek Presbyterian Church", location: @beech_creek_pennsylvania}
@martha_therese_wiman:person {full_name: "Martha Thérèse Wiman", parent: @erastus_wiman}
@jacob_cram:person {full_name: "Jacob Cram"}
@wedding_martha_cram:event {participants: [@martha_therese_wiman, @jacob_cram], date: @date_1891_02_10, location: @christ_church_new_brighton, time: "16:00"}
@carrie_m_duigley:person {full_name: "Carrie M. Duigley", parent: @james_a_duigley}
@william_dodge_horne:person {full_name: "William Dodge Horne"}
@wedding_carrie_horne:event {participants: [@carrie_m_duigley, @william_dodge_horne], date: @date_1891_02_10, location: @beech_creek_presbyterian_church, time: "12:30"}
@lillian_bailey:person {full_name: "Lillian Bailey", parent: @john_c_bailey}
@d_wheeler_brown:person {full_name: "D. Wheeler Brown"}
@wedding_lillian_brown:event {participants: [@lillian_bailey, @d_wheeler_brown], date: @date_1891_05_20, location: @christ_church_new_brighton, time: "20:00"}
@file_1891_2_10_feb_2002_copy_jpg:file {description: "Invitation for the marriage of Martha Thérèse Wiman to Jacob Cram"}
@file_1891_2_10_feb_2002_copy_jpg -> documents -> @wedding_martha_cram:event
@file_1891_2_10_feb_6002_copy_jpg:file {description: "Invitation for the marriage of Carrie M. Duigley to William Dodge Horne"}
@file_1891_2_10_feb_6002_copy_jpg -> documents -> @wedding_carrie_horne:event
@file_1891_5_20_may_2002_copy_jpg:file {description: "Invitation for the marriage of Lillian Bailey to D. Wheeler Brown"}
@file_1891_5_20_may_2002_copy_jpg -> documents -> @wedding_lillian_brown:event
@wedding_invitations_collection -> contains -> @wedding_martha_cram:event
@wedding_invitations_collection -> contains -> @wedding_carrie_horne:event
@wedding_invitations_collection -> contains -> @wedding_lillian_brown:eventMetadata
Files (3)
1891_2-10-Feb 2002 copy.jpgJPEG
OCR Text
Mr. & Mrs. Erastus Wiman request your presence at the marriage of their daughter, Martha Thérèse, to Mr. Jacob Cram, on Tuesday afternoon, February the tenth, at four o'clock: 1891 Christ Church, New Brighton, Staten Island.
1891_2-10-Feb 6002 copy.jpgJPEG
OCR Text
Mr. James A. Duigley requests your presence at the marriage of his daughter, Carrie M., to Mr. William Dodge Horne, on Tuesday, February the tenth, eighteen hundred and ninety one, at half past twelve o'clock. Beech Creek Presbyterian Church, Beech Creek, Pa.
1891_5-20-May 2002 copy.jpgJPEG
OCR Text
Mr. & Mrs. John C. Bailey request your presence at the marriage of their daughter, Lillian, to Mr. D. Wheeler Brown, on Wednesday evening May twentieth, at eight o'clock. 1891 Christ Church. New Brighton, S.I.
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