Josephine Kitching and John E. Taylor's wedding portrait, 1914

Two young people in wedding clothes, Sarah Josephine Kitching Taylor (1895-1987) and John E. Taylor (1892-1972). The couple were married on their shared birthday, March 10th. The bride's dress (according to her memoir) was satin charmeuse trimmed in beads and lace and a long satin train, and later worn by her daughter Emma and Emma's three daughters at their weddings.

This wedding dress was originally worn by Sarah Josephine Kitching Taylor (1895-1987) on her 10 March 1914 wedding day to John E. Taylor. It was then worn by:

• Emma Elizabeth Taylor (Josephine's daughter) for her wedding to Richard "Dick" Ashley on 10 March 1939,
• Josephine Marie Ashley for her wedding to Ronald Paradise on 22 November 1962 (Emma's daughter)
• Marjorie Elizabeth Ashley for her wedding to Robert Houmes on 30 Jan 1972 (Emma's daughter)
• Judith Winifred Ashley for her wedding to Larry Clark on 30 June 1972 (Emma's daughter)
• Joy Paradise for her wedding to Derek Tomei on 15 December 1990 (Jo Paradise's daughter)

Scan gift of Josephine Paradise and the Taylor-Ashley Agency.

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Black and white print, 4.75x6.7 inches

English

Still image

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