Wedding Announcement Collection
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Description
Wedding Announcement Collection
Overview
The Wedding Announcement Collection is a small archival assemblage created by Mrs. Louis H. Meyer on 30 August 1894. It comprises a printed wedding announcement for her daughter, Anna Louise Meyer, and her fiancé, Samuel Wann, together with a photographic reproduction of the announcement. The items are housed at the Alice Austen House Museum in Clifton, Staten Island, and are representative of late‑Victorian social ephemera.Background
Mrs. Louis H. Meyer, mother of Anna Louise, issued the announcement from Foxhill Villa, a residence in Clifton, Staten Island. The announcement reflects the customary practice of publicizing marital alliances within the upper‑middle‑class community of the era. The collection is part of the broader Alice Austen House holdings, which preserve documents and images that illuminate the social life of Staten Island families during the late nineteenth century.Contents
- Printed Wedding Announcement – A formal notice dated 30 August 1894, announcing the marriage of Anna Louise Meyer to Mr. Samuel Wann.
- Photographic Reproduction – A JPEG image (371 kB) that reproduces the printed announcement, including the text: “Mrs. Louis H. Meyer announces the marriage of her daughter, Anna Louise, to Mr. Samuel Wann, on Thursday, August the thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety‑four. Foxhill Villa, Clifton, Staten Island.”
- Metadata – Digital records detailing creator, date, subject headings (wedding announcements, marriage, social events, Victorian era), and provenance information linking the items to the Alice Austen House.
Scope
The collection covers a single event—Anna Louise Meyer’s marriage to Samuel Wann—documented on 30 August 1894. It is geographically confined to Clifton, Staten Island, and temporally limited to the late‑Victorian period. The items provide insight into the conventions of wedding announcements, the role of women in publicizing family milestones, and the social milieu of Staten Island’s upper‑middle class during the 1890s. The collection does not include ancillary materials such as photographs of the couple or related correspondence.Raw Cheimarros Data
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Metadata
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1894_8-30-Aug 2003 copy.jpgJPEG
OCR Text
Mrs. Louis H. Meyer announces the marriage of her daughter, Anna Louise, to Mr. Samuel Wann, on Thursday, August the thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-four. Foxhill Villa, Clifton, Staten Island.
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