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[Preparing the altar for the wedding]

Description: Photograph of Gilbert Dove and Hazel Petrey decorating the back wall with pine-baugh, rhododendron, and mountain laurel for their wedding. In the image, Dove is placing the plants a long the wall while Petrey sits on a pew pulling branches apart. Narrative by Junebug Clark: More images and information can be found in the July 28, 1941 issue of Life Magazine, pages 82-85 in the story “Life Magazine Goes to a Kentucky Wedding.” Also in the Joe Clark, HBSS book “Country Wedding," published in 1974… more
Date: June 14, 1941
Creator: Clark, Joe
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Wedding Rehearsal]

Description: Gilbert Dove and Hazel Petrey at the altar of the Sunny View Methodist Church in Germany, Kentucky. The couple is joined by Parson Hiram Frakes as well as bridesmaids and a groomsman. This photograph was taken during a rehearsal before the official ceremony. Narrative by Junebug Clark: More images and information can be found in the July 28, 1941 issue of Life Magazine, pages 82-85 in the story “Life Magazine Goes to a Kentucky Wedding.” Also in the Joe Clark, HBSS book “Country Wedding," publi… more
Date: June 15, 1941
Creator: Clark, Joe
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[A gathering at the church]

Description: Photograph of a group of people gathered outside a church. The outside of the church is made out of wood planks, and the people are spilling out of the doorway chatting amongst themselves. They are standing in the shade and wearing their Sunday best.
Date: [1939..1989]
Creator: Clark, Joe
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Chatting outside the church]

Description: Photograph of people chatting together and waiting outside a church. They are spilling out from the doorway, standing in the shade in their Sunday best. The church is made out of wooden planks and looks similar to a cabin.
Date: [1939..1989]
Creator: Clark, Joe
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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