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1950-1959

1950 Australian bride & groom

1950, Australia.

From the collection of the State Library of Queensland. No known copyright restrictions.
Illinois wedding party. 1950

1950 (April), rural Illinois, USA.

Used with permission of M. Muellner.
Australian bride & groom, 1950

1950 (April), Melbourne Australia.

Used with permission of Joanne Thompson.
Japanese bride & groom, 1950

1950 (May), Japan.

This work is in the public domain in its country of origin and in the U.S.
!950 Debbiy Reynolds posing as bride

1950 (June), Hollywood, California, USA.
Actress Janet Leigh modeling a wedding dress in publicity still.

Photoplay magazine. In public domain because copyright not renewed.
Iowa bride & groom, 1950

1950 (September), Iowa, USA.

Used with permission of TheVintageMerchant.
1950s Illinois wedding party

1950 (November), rural Illinois, USA.

Used with permission of M Muellner.
Shah of Iran and bride, 1951

1951 (February), Iran.
Shah Reza of Iran and Shahbanu Soraya. Dress by Christian Dior.

This work is in the public domain in its country of origin and in the U.S.
1951 wedding

1951 (February), Beverly Hills, California, USA. (1 of 3)

Used with permission of Ellen Freund.
1951 bride

1951 (February), Beverly Hills, California, USA. (2 of 3)

Used with permission of Ellen Freund.
1951 wedding dress

1951 (February), Beverly Hills, California, USA. (3 of 3)

Used with permission of Ellen Freund.
Slovenia, 1951 bride

1951 (August), Slovenia.

Creator: Jernej Sustersic. From the collection of the Slovenian Ethnographic Museum. This work is in the public domain in its country of origin and in the U.S.
Irish wedding party, 1951

1951 (September), Northern Ireland.

Photographer: H. Allison & Co. From Public Record Office of Northern Ireland. No known copyright restrictions.
1951 Hartnell wedding dress

1951, British. Designer: Norman Hartnell (1 of 2)

© Victoria and Albert Museum, London.
1951 bride in Hartnell dress

1951, England. Bride Hermione Wells in her Hartnell.wedding dress (2 of 2)

© Victoria and Albert Museum, London.
1952 Nantucket bride & groom

1952, Nantucket Massachusetts, USA. (1 of 2)

No known copyright restrictions.
1952 nNntucket wedding party

1952, Nantucket Massachusetts, USA. (2 of 2)

No known copyright restrictions.
1952 Ronald Reagan & Nancy Davis wedding

1952, California, USA.
Ronald and Nancy Reagan, with William Holden and Brenda Marshall.

This work is in the public domain in the United States.
1952 Netherlands bride & groom

1952, Netherlands.

Photographer: J.F.M. Trum, Fotopersbureau Gelderland. From the Regional Archives of Nijmegen. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0
1952 wisconsin wedding party

1952 (December), rural Wisconsin, USA.

Used with permission of anonymous Registered Guest.
1952 wedding dress

1952, American
Dress by Cahill Ltd of Beverly Hills, modeled in 2010.

Used with permission of Denisebrain.
1952 wedding dress from Horrocks

1952, Great Britain. Maker: Horrockses Fashions

© Victoria and Albert Museum, London.
red velvet wedding dress, 1952

1952, Scotland. Made by Jessica Bonney for her future daughter-in-law.

© Victoria and Albert Museum, London.
1953 New Hampshire bride & groom

1953 (March), New Hampshire, USA (1 of 2).

Used with permission of Vintagiality.
1953 New Hampshire bride

1953 (March), New Hampshire, USA (2 of 2).

Used with permission of Vintagiality.
1953 Australian bride

1953 (April), Australia.

This work is in the public domain in its country of origin and in the U.S.
1953 Kentucky wedding party

1953 (August), Lyndon Kentucky, USA. Dress designer: Marie of Pandora. (1 of 2)

Used with permission of Past Perfect Vintage
1953 Kentucky bride & groom

1953 (August), Lyndon Kentucky, USA. Dress designer: Marie of Pandora. (2 of 2)

Used with permission of Past Perfect Vintage.
1953 Wisconsin wedding party

1953 (September), rural Wisconsin, USA.

Used with permission of anonymous Registered Guest.
1953 Welsh bride, groom and child

1953, Wales.

Photographer: Geoff Charles. From the National Library of Wales. No known copyright restrictions.
1953 Australian bride

1953, Australia.

From the John Oxley Library, state library of Queensland. No known copyright restrictions.
1953 John F kennedy & Jacqueline Bouvier wedding day

1953 (September), Rhode Island, USA. John F Kennedy and Jacqueline Bouvier. Designer: Ann Lowe,

Photographer: Toni Frissell. From the Toni Frissell collection at the Library of Congress.. Photographer: Toni Frissell. From the Toni Frissell collection at the Library of Congress.
1954 German bride

1954, Germany.

Photographers:Roger & Renate Rossing. Attribution: Deutsche Fotothek. licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0
1954 Jacques Fath wedding dress

1954, Paris, France. Designer: Jacques Fath. Worn by Lady Alexandra Howard Johnston for her second marriage.

© Victoria and Albert Museum, London.
1954 Mr Peepers Wally Cox wedding

1954, USA. Fictional wedding of Mr. Peepers (Wally Cox and Patricia Benoit)

Attribution: NBC Television. This work is in the public domain in the U.S.
1954 Illinois wedding party

1954 (January), Suburban Illinois, USA.

Used with permission of Catherine Lincoln.
1954 Marilyn Monroe Joe DiMaggio wedding

1954 (January), San Francisco California, USA. Actress Marilyn Monroe and baseball player Joe DiMaggio.

From Radio-TV Mirror magazine, June 1961. Public domain due to copyright not renewed.
1956 bride & groom

1956, London, UK.

Used with permission of TheVintageVendeuse.
1956, Grace Kelly wedding

1956 (April), Monaco. Grace Kelly. Designer: Helen Rose

Source: goodhousekeeping.com, author Carolyn Picard. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0
Australian bride & groom, 1956

1956 (April), Melbourne Australia.

Used with permission of Joanne Thompson.
1956 Monroe and Miller wedding

1956 (June), White Plains, New York, USA. Actress Marilyn Monroe and playwright Arthur Miller

From Radio-TV Mirror magazine, June 1961.
1957 wedding dress by Hartnell

1957 (June), Great Britain. Designer:: Norman Hartnell.

© Victoria and Albert Museum, London.
1957 Jacques Fath wedding dress

1957 (August), Paris/London. Designer: Jacques Fath for Vogue Patterns. Made and worn in Great Britain.

© Victoria and Albert Museum, London.
1957 Argentina bride

1957, Argentina.

From the Museo del Cine Argentino. This work is in the public domain in its country of origin and in the U.S.
1958 Hungarian bride & groom

1958, Hungary.

Attribution: FOTO:FORTEPAN / Lipovits Károly. Licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0