And the Bride Wore… : Montana Weddings, 1900-1960
Title:
WEDDING GOWN
Date:
1960
Source:
Bob and Mary Nicholson
Object ID:
2011.40.01
Description:
A Plentywood dress shop, Peterson's Ready-to-Wear, mail-ordered this classic, full-length, ball-gown-style wedding dress for Mary Hallesy, who had been a regular at the store before moving to Great Falls. The bride saw the dress for the first time two weeks before the wedding. It fit perfectly. Her 2:00 p.m. Saturday wedding to Robert Nichoson, on September 3, 1960, was held at St. Joseph's Catholic Church in Plentywood. According to the bride, the temperature was 103 degrees in the shade. The couple's engraved invitations, tiered-wedding cake, and memory book al reflected national trends.
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