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Ruby King with Her Wedding Party

This photo shows Ruby King and her husband Tom with their bridal party on their wedding day in July 1956. They are standing outside the old school where […]

Ruby and Tom King on their Wedding Day

This photo shows Ruby and Tom King on their wedding day , July 20, 1956.

Ruby King with Her Husband to Be

Ruby King and her future husband are shown near their home in Boat Hr. This picture was taken shortly after she returned home from St. John’s where […]

Wedding Photos

Prior to the 1960’s most wedding photos were taken outside even in winter due to the lack of flashbulbs or other artificial lighting appropriate for such an […]

Bridal Party

The bride and groom and the “bridesboy” and “bridesgirl” at Alice Drake’s wedding on December 27, 1952.

Ruby King’s Wedding

Interviewer: When you came home and got married, what kind of wedding you have? Ruby: Oh, just old fashion wedding. Interviewer: So what kind of wedding would that […]

Publishing the Banns

Grace: Anyway they used to have to publish the banns one time. The Minister’d come and he’d have church, see and when he was having the church, he’d […]

Alice Drake Shows Her Wedding Dress

Wedding Supper in Oderin

Many wedding suppers were held in the home of the bride or the groom. This photo shows the cutting of the wedding cake at Alice and Gordon Drake’s […]

Grace Lockyer Talks about Cakes in a Suitcase

Grace: When people, they said down home, they wouldn’t invite you to the wedding years ago until they went around. They ask everyone to make a cake for […]

The Church in Oderin

The altar inside the church in Oderin, Placentia Bay in 1952. When the island community was resettled this church was floated out the bay to Little Bay where […]