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Wedding Portrait of Bertha and Charles Kuss of Cape Girardeau, Missouri, 1889
1889
The Henry Ford
Dearborn, MI, United States
Charles Kuss and Bertha Thelenius posed for a local photographer after their October 1889 wedding in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. Bertha, the daughter of prosperous German immigrants, wore a gray silk surah dress with appliqued cut steel beading. Many 19th century brides did not wear a "traditional" white wedding dress. Often, they wore their best dress--which continued as their "best" as they settled into married life.
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- Title: Wedding Portrait of Bertha and Charles Kuss of Cape Girardeau, Missouri, 1889
- Date Created: 1889
- Location: United States, Missouri, Cape Girardeau
- Subject Keywords: Kuss, Bertha, Kuss, Charles, Spouses, Cabinet photographs, Photographs, Group portraits
- Type: Photographs
- Contributor: The Henry Ford
- Original Source: Digital Collections
- Object Name: Cabinet photograph
- Object ID: 71.99.3
- Image ID: THF119772
- Credit: From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
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