Wedding Invitation Collection
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Description
Wedding Invitation Collection
Overview
The Wedding Invitation Collection is a digital assemblage of a single Victorian‑era wedding invitation, created by John L. Macaulay on March 1, 1892. It is housed in the Alice Austen House Museum’s archival holdings and is available in English. The collection comprises the original printed invitation (presumed to be a paper card) and a high‑resolution JPEG scan of that card.Background
John L. Macaulay, a New Brunswick resident, commissioned the invitation for the marriage of his daughter, Henrietta Bailey, to Mr. Francis Eyre Parker. The ceremony took place at Rose Bank, a local estate in New Brunswick, New Jersey, on the evening of the wedding. The invitation reflects the formal social customs of late‑19th‑century America, with a printed layout, calligraphic lettering, and a concise schedule of the event.Contents
- Original invitation card (paper, printed, 1892)
- JPEG scan (file name: 1892_3‑1‑March 1002 copy.jpg) showing the invitation’s text and layout
- Metadata: creator (John L. Macaulay), date (March 1, 1892), venue (Rose Bank), location (New Brunswick, NJ), language (English), subjects (wedding invitations, marriage, social events, Victorian era)
The invitation text reads: > “Mr. John L. Macaulay requests the pleasure of your company at the marriage of his daughter, Henrietta Bailey, to Mr. Francis Eyre Parker; on Tuesday evening, March the first, at half after five o’clock. Rose Bank. New Brunswick, New Jersey. 1892.”
Scope
The collection covers a single event—Henrietta Bailey’s wedding to Francis Eyre Parker—held on March 1, 1892, at Rose Bank in New Brunswick, New Jersey. It is limited to the invitation itself and its digital representation; no additional correspondence, photographs, or related documents are included. The collection is relevant to researchers of Victorian social customs, genealogists tracing the Macaulay or Bailey families, and scholars of 19th‑century American wedding practices.Raw Cheimarros Data
@alice_austen:person {full_name: "Elizabeth Alice Austen", birth: @date_1866, death: @date_1952, occupation: "photographer", location: @staten_island}
@alice_austen_house:organization {type: "museum", location: @staten_island}
@john_l_macaulay:person {full_name: "John L. Macaulay"}
@henrietta_bailey:person {full_name: "Henrietta Bailey"}
@francis_eyre_parker:person {full_name: "Francis Eyre Parker"}
@rose_bank:place {name: "Rose Bank"}
@new_brunswick_new_jersey:place {city: "New Brunswick", state: @new_jersey, country: @united_states}
@wedding_invitation:document {title: "Wedding Invitation", date: @date_1892_03_01, venue: @rose_bank, location: @new_brunswick_new_jersey}
@wedding_invitation_collection:collection {title: "Wedding Invitation Collection", creator: @john_l_macaulay, institution: @alice_austen_house, created: @date_1892_03_01, language: "en", subjects: ["Wedding invitations","Marriage","Social events","Victorian era"], description: "A collection containing a wedding invitation for the marriage of Henrietta Bailey to Francis Eyre Parker, held in New Brunswick, New Jersey in 1892.", place: @new_brunswick_new_jersey}
@john_l_macaulay -> parent of -> @henrietta_bailey
@henrietta_bailey -> spouse -> @francis_eyre_parker {marriage_date: @date_1892_03_01, location: @new_brunswick_new_jersey}
@wedding_invitation -> created by -> @john_l_macaulay {date: @date_1892_03_01}
@wedding_invitation_collection -> contains -> @wedding_invitation
@alice_austen_house -> holds -> @wedding_invitation_collection
@file_pinax:file {title: "Wedding Invitation Collection"} -> documents -> @wedding_invitation_collection
@file_1892_3_1_march_1002_copy_jpg:file {description: "Scanned wedding invitation"} -> depicts -> @wedding_invitationMetadata
Files (1)
1892_3-1-March 1002 copy.jpgJPEG
OCR Text
Mr. John L. Macaulay requests the pleasure of your company at the marriage of his daughter, Henrietta Bailey, to Mr. Francis Eyre Parker; on Tuesday evening, March the first, at half after five o'clock. Rose Bank. New Brunswick, New Jersey. 1892.
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"Reorganization group: Wedding_Invitation"
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