tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1795151317189963876.post7547048279694576234..comments2008-09-26T11:13:34.554-07:00footnoteMavennoreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1795151317189963876.post-55860048889901952182008-09-26T11:13:00.000-07:002008-09-26T11:13:00.000-07:00Womenless weddings? That's wild! I could imagine menless weddings, as we're generally not big fans, but womenless? ha ha. And only decades ago really. What a great history!Konghttp://www.squidoo.com/daguerreotypesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1795151317189963876.post-54683676936059454242008-08-23T18:36:00.000-07:002008-08-23T18:36:00.000-07:00Hi, I love your site! The photos are wonderful, I really like looking at the pictures and wondering about their lives and who they might have been. Such a great work of history.History's Mysterieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12394374987154125495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1795151317189963876.post-87977694214177156052008-08-21T20:49:00.000-07:002008-08-21T20:49:00.000-07:00This is very interesting! TFS! I love looking at the outfits that people who in other times, and to think of how my ancestors may have looked at their weddings. I think you should publish your own book. :)tajicathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10524385992691734950noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1795151317189963876.post-13108777171896108772008-08-18T12:57:00.000-07:002008-08-18T12:57:00.000-07:00Ah! There were also weddings without men where the women dressed like men. Isn't it all fascinating? Thank you for the information on Tom Thumb weddings.Maureen Taylorwww.photodetective.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1795151317189963876.post-74046506864312164702008-08-18T05:14:00.000-07:002008-08-18T05:14:00.000-07:00Super presentation of wedding pictures.<BR/><BR/>Re: Tom Thumb weddings. When I was a child in the 1940s in rural Mississippi, Tom Thumb Weddings were annual events at schools --- packed auditorium of paying papas and mamas to watch their little children dressed up as adults having a fake wedding. I attended several and was "in" one or two productions in the mid-1940s. Massive productions; good fund raisers!<BR/><BR/>That tradition of Tom Thumb weddings seems to have been replaced with "Womanless Weddings" where adult men of the community dressed as women and that too attracted large crowds of paying customers for fund raising! Today some communities have evolved this practice of cross-dressing into "Womanless Beauty Reviews" playing to huge crowds of paying customers --- all good fund raisers for schools and community groups. And I think fund raising was the major purpose of the Tom Thumb Weddings of yesteryear --- easy to produce, cast of hundreds (wedding guests, excessive numbers of brides maids and groomsmen, etc), inexpensive to stage, and packed house of relatives willing to pay to see little Susie and little Johnny be in a wedding.<BR/><BR/>Terry Thornton<BR/>Fulton, Mississippi<BR/>HILL COUNTRY OF MONROE COUNTY MISSISSIPPITerry Thorntonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01251750196282728118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1795151317189963876.post-52931107470046872752008-08-17T14:17:00.000-07:002008-08-17T14:17:00.000-07:00Yes, I like the one where they're smiling the most, even though the dynamics of such a trio is hard to discern. I would love to know the mechanics of how such a shot was taken. Were long exposure times no longer a consideration by that point? Maybe they just kept their smiles for a while, but they look like they're pretty spontaneous. Who knows? It's all great. Thanks for sharing.Toby Petzoldhttp://tobypetzold.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1795151317189963876.post-28838740399873063852008-08-16T15:07:00.000-07:002008-08-16T15:07:00.000-07:00Neat collection! I'm surprised you haven't found any interest for the book - sounds like a great item for photography collectors, wedding planners and historians alike. Stick with it!Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02853828238257366008noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1795151317189963876.post-89253267443295892332008-08-16T08:52:00.000-07:002008-08-16T08:52:00.000-07:00I love photos, old and new, so it's been a joy to have you share some of collection with us and to read your article. Thanks :)Nikki-annhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15116292112164268244noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1795151317189963876.post-44895999580329514912008-08-15T15:46:00.000-07:002008-08-15T15:46:00.000-07:00I'm so glad you like these pictures. There is something so special about a wedding photo!Maureen A. Taylorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07079080718747558091noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1795151317189963876.post-86897619907405736642008-08-15T13:50:00.000-07:002008-08-15T13:50:00.000-07:00These are stunning pictures. Love the wedding ones.<BR/>Thanks for sharing them:)Bunny got Bloghttp://bunnygotblog.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1795151317189963876.post-91592071738717481362008-08-15T13:27:00.000-07:002008-08-15T13:27:00.000-07:00This would make an excellent book! I love how they're smiling in the fourth tintype. I've also never seen a "Tom Thumb Wedding" photo (I'm still newer at this). This is a really great post. Thanks!tintypes for beginnershttp://www.squidoo.com/tintypesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1795151317189963876.post-50039655756215572942008-08-15T10:31:00.000-07:002008-08-15T10:31:00.000-07:00Thanks for confirming that not all brides wore white ca 1898. It's hard to convince others of that sometimes. Loved this post! You must go on with the book.Laurahttp://www.lifeatthehome20.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1795151317189963876.post-27352375188428295532008-08-15T05:44:00.000-07:002008-08-15T05:44:00.000-07:00Love this article! I also like the idea of a book with all these pictures in it! Thanks so much!wendylittrellhttp://allmybranches.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.com