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1930-1939

1931 Irish wedding party

1931 (September), Tipperary Ireland.

Photographer: A. H. Poole. From the National Library of Ireland on the Commons. No known copyright restrictions.
1932 bride & groom

1932, USA.

Used with permission of LunaJunction.
133 wedding dress by Hartnell

1933 (February), British. Designer: Norman Hartnell.

Photographer: Elisa.rolle From the collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0
1933 bride & groom

1933, New South Wales, Australia.

From the Betts family archive. This work is in the public domain in its country of origin and in the U.S.
bride & groom, 1934

1934, rural Indiana, USA.

Used with permission of M. Muellner.
1934 wedding dress by Charles James

1934, British
Designer: Charles James.

Photographer: Elisa.rolle From the collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0
Australian bride & groom

1935 (March), New South Wales, Australia.

1935 (March), New South Wales, Australia. This work is in the public domain in its country of origin and in the U.S.
Prince Nagahisa Kitashirakawa and bride, 1935

1935 (April) Japan, Prince Nagahisa Kitashirakawa and bride. (1 of 2)

This work is in the public domain in its country of origin and in the U.S.
Prince Nagahisa Kitashirakawa and bride, in Japanese dress, 1935

1935 (April) Japan, Prince Nagahisa Kitashirakawa and bride. (2 of 2)

This work is in the public domain in its country of origin and in the U.S.
1935 bride

1935 (June), Ireland.

Creator: H. Allison & Co. Photographers. From the Public Record Office of Northern Ireland. No known copyright restrictions.
Wisconsin wedding party, 1935

1935 (September), rural Wisconsin, USA.

Used with permission of anonymous Registered Guest.
Australian bride & groom, 1935

1935 (September), New South Wales, Australia.

From the Sam Hood photographic collection at the State Library of New South Wales. This work is in the public domain in its country of origin and in the U.S.
English wedding party, 1936

1936, England.

Used with permission of Louise Kolbenison.
Pennsylvania bride & groom, 1936

1936, urban Pennsylvania, USA.

Used with permission of Marsha Perloff.
Illinois bride & groom, 1936

1936, rural Illinois, USA.

Used with permission of M. Muellner.
Michigan bride & groom, 1936

1936 (April), Dearborn Michigan, USA.

Used with permission of Stacy Guscinski.
lace wedding dress, 1936

1936 (June), urban New York, USA (1 of 2)

Used with permission of a VFG member.
sleeve detail of lace dress, 1936

1936 (June), urban New York, USA (2 of 2)

Used with permission of a VFG member.
Jules Romains and bride 1936

1936 (December), Paris, France. Writer Jules Romaine and journalist Lise Dreyfus.

Source: Bibliothèque nationale de France. This work is in the public domain in its country of origin and in the U.S.
1937 wedding party

1937, Ames Iowa, USA.

Used with permission of Denisebrain.
1938 bride & groom

1938, USA.

Used with permission of VivaVintage.
1939 bride in advertisement

1938, Denmark.

From Today A Bride magazine. Author: Nilfisk. Licensed under CCA-SA 3.0 Unported.
1838 bride queen Farida

1938 (January), Egypt. Queen Farida. Designer: House of Worth

Contributed to Commons: theroyalcouturier. This work is in the public domain in its country of origin and in the U.S.
double wedding, Australia 1939

1939, a double wedding, Australia.

From the John Oxley Library, state library of Queensland. Licensed under CC BY-SA 2.5
1939 bridesmaid

1939, USA. Bridesmaid

Used with permission of Marsha Perloff.
1939 bride

1938, USA (1 of 2)

Used with permission of LunaJunction.
bride & groom, 1939

1938, USA (1 of 2)

Used with permission of LunaJunction.
red wedding dress, circa 1938

1938 (June), British (1 of 2). Worn by Monica Maurice (1908-1995) who was the first – and until 1978 only – woman member of the Association of Mining Electrical Engineers.

Victoria & Albert museum, London.
Monica Maurice in 1938

1938 (June), British (2 of 2). Wedding photo of Monica Maurice (1908-1995) who was the first – and until 1978 only – woman member of the Association of Mining Electrical Engineers.

Victoria & Albert museum, London.
1939 bride & groom, Corwn Prince Reza, Princess Fawzia

1939, Cairo Egypt.
Crown Prince Reza of Iran and Princess Fawzia of Egypt.

This work is in the public domain in its country of origin and in the U.S.