In the fall of 2018, I enrolled in a course at Southeast Technical Institute which taught Adobe Photoshop. One of the projects involved refurbishing a damaged vintage photograph.
My maternal grandmother’s 1937 wedding was referred – back then – as a “double” wedding. On that date, not only were my grandmother Esther and grandfather John joined in holy matrimony, but also her older sister, Lily, and his older brother, Harry. (My grandparents are on the left side.)
I remember that my grandmother would display the above pastel colored print of this photograph in her dining room and whenever she caught me looking it it, she would offer the following backstory: She explained that the photographer who had applied the color “paint” had confused the hues of the individual brides. Lily’s dress had been pink and my grandmother’s had be blue. By her expressive words as she retold this story many times, I realized, even as a small child, that this mix-up was very upsetting to her.
So, as I stated previously, since I now have knowledge of Photoshop, I placed this “wardrobe change” on my list of summer projects. Even though my grandmother has passed away many years ago, I know she would have enjoyed seeing the photograph in the correct corresponding bride’s colors.
