The bride wore white
and played a violin.
Her eldest sister
beat a big bass drum.
The younger squeezed an accordion.
and played a violin.
Her eldest sister
beat a big bass drum.
The younger squeezed an accordion.
They kept their eyes closed.
Her two bridesmaids blew fanfares
on cornet and trombone.
on cornet and trombone.
Their eyes were closed too.
And her maid of honor
took a collection
for the wedding.
Her sign said
took a collection
for the wedding.
Her sign said
Help The
Blind
Blind
Love is strange,
but rarely stranger.
but rarely stranger.
This postcard has no marks
for time or place or names.
The best we can see
is that it's wintertime,
and someone,
perhaps the groom,
thought a photo
of the wedding band
standing in the snow
was appropriate.
for time or place or names.
The best we can see
is that it's wintertime,
and someone,
perhaps the groom,
thought a photo
of the wedding band
standing in the snow
was appropriate.
Whatever is going on
with these six young women,
your guess is as good as mine.
Let's hope it was a happy day.
This is my first installment to Sepia Saturday,
where wedding photos are on display
the whole month of August.
where wedding photos are on display
the whole month of August.
The woman with the sign almost looks like a mannequin…
ReplyDeleteWhat a very strange way to record a wedding.
ReplyDeleteThat postcard touches every emotion! It's hard to know exactly how to feel about it?
ReplyDeleteSomehow these blind eyes don't look real. It's more that they keep their eyes closed because someone tells them to. Many blind people still show their not seeing eyes.
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ReplyDeleteI regret ScotSue, that I have accidently removed your comment. Sorry, but Blogger puts the buttons too close together for my clumsy fingers.
ReplyDeleteVery odd! I wonder whether this was even a real bride. The drum player could possibly have been her mother.
ReplyDeleteI see one of your labels is "odd" - how apt! It must be an act. I have a friend who taught ball room dancing and sighted people dancing as well. She had one blind student, superb at tango. She would take him with her to the sighted classes where they would demonstrate the dance, the message to the sighted being, Look a blind man can do it...so can you! I should add that they copied the tango in Scent of a Woman where the dancers start in opposite corners and meet in the middle of the dance floor. Very effective.
ReplyDeleteI'm wondering what the family life was like when the violin moved out and the parents had to just listen to the drum and accordion all the time! It's a truly wonderful photo! Oh to know the story behind this one.
ReplyDeleteI see one of your labels is "odd" - how apt! It must be an act. I have a friend who taught ball room dancing and sighted people dancing as well. She had one blind student, superb at tango. She would take him with her to the sighted classes where they would demonstrate the dance, the message to the sighted being, Look a blind man can do it...so can you! I should add that they copied the tango in Scent of a Woman where the dancers start in opposite corners and meet in the middle of the dance floor. Very effective.
ReplyDeleteMaybe it was spring and this was the north side of the building so the snow hadn't melted but it was warm. I hope so. I'm going to go with it was not an actual wedding. Who knew there were so many strange wedding photographs out there?
ReplyDeleteStrange indeed. It seems to be a tableau.
ReplyDeleteA delightful photo and made even more so with your poetic commentary.
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