Wedding portrait of Lollaretta Pemberton

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Black-and-white portrait photograph of bride-to-be Lollaretta Pemberton in her wedding ensemble posed in front of a painted backdrop. The ivory colored lace and tulle wedding dress has short puffed sleeves, a bodice with center ruching, and alternating narrow panels of lace and tulle, running vertically up the skirt throughout the bodice. There is a silk headpiece shaped to a point with wire. A long tulle and lace veil attaches to the headpiece and trails on the floor. She wears long white gloves to the elbow.

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