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Photo, Print, Drawing Mae Mulcahy, Irish American concertina player, Butte, Montana; Wedding of Mitrianne Popovich and Carl Oreskovich at the Holy Trinity Orthodox Christian Church (Serbian), Butte, Montana

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Title

  • Mae Mulcahy, Irish American concertina player, Butte, Montana; Wedding of Mitrianne Popovich and Carl Oreskovich at the Holy Trinity Orthodox Christian Church (Serbian), Butte, Montana

Names

  • Stanton, Gary Ward, 1946- (Collector)
  • Johnson, Paula J., 1954- (Collector)
  • Toelken, Barre, 1935- (Collector)
  • Johnson, Paula J., 1954- (Photographer)

Created / Published

  • Butte, Montana, August 28, 1979 - September 1, 1979

Headings

  • -  Marriage customs and rites
  • -  Irish Americans
  • -  Serbian Americans
  • -  Concertina players
  • -  Photographs
  • -  Ethnography
  • -  United States -- Montana -- Butte

Genre

  • Photographs
  • Ethnography

Notes

  • -  Note: Online digital image numbers may be offset by 1 or 2 digits from the film negative frame numbers.
  • -  Index data: Film negative frame numbers, descriptions: at the home of Mae Mulcahy, Butte MT (28 August 1979): 0-7, Mae Mulcahy in her home in Butte, MT; 8-10, May Mulcahy and her concertina; 11-13, sign in the Mulcahy living room, "God made the Irish No. 1"; 14, random exposure; at the wedding of Mitriann Popovich and Carl Oreskovich at the Holy Trinity Orthodox Christian Church (Serbian Orthodox Patriarchate), Butte, MT (1 September 1979): 15, Rev, Dositei Obradovich conducting the traditional Serbian wedding ceremony; 16-23, the crowning ceremony (bride and groom are crowned and wear crowns for a portion of the ceremony), the photographer's notes state that "the crowns are signs of the glory and honor with which God crowns the bride and groom during the sacrament, [they] symbolize that the bride and groom are queen and king of their own little kingdom, the home; 24-25, the crowning ceremony, and the couple's hands tied together by a white cloth; at the wedding reception for Mitriann Popovich (now Oreskovich) and Carl Oreskovich in the Parish Center, next door to the Holy Trinity Orthodox Christian Church (Serbian Orthodox Patriarchate), Butte, MT: 26-29, buffet table with chaud-froid, chicken with gelatin glaze; the photographer's note state that "this is not a Serbian tradition"; 30-31, additional food table at reception; 32, guests at food table; 33-34, at right, the bride's brother, Milton Popovich II at the buffet; 35, Rev. Obradovich (seated) and bride's father, Milton Popovich; 36-37, tables of guests.

Medium

  • 35 mm black-and-white film negatives

Call Number/Physical Location

  • Call number: AFC 1981/005: 85204

Source Collection

  • Montana Folklife Survey collection (AFC 1981/005)

Repository

  • American Folklife Center

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Online Format

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Credit line: Montana Folklife Survey collection (AFC 1981/005), American Folklife Center, Library of Congress

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Chicago citation style:

Stanton, Gary Ward, Paula J Johnson, Barre Toelken, and Paula J Johnson. Mae Mulcahy, Irish American concertina player, Butte, Montana; Wedding of Mitrianne Popovich and Carl Oreskovich at the Holy Trinity Orthodox Christian Church Serbian, Butte, Montana. United States Butte Montana, 1979. Butte, Montana, - September 1, 1979. Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/afc1981005_85204/.

APA citation style:

Stanton, G. W., Johnson, P. J., Toelken, B. & Johnson, P. J. (1979) Mae Mulcahy, Irish American concertina player, Butte, Montana; Wedding of Mitrianne Popovich and Carl Oreskovich at the Holy Trinity Orthodox Christian Church Serbian, Butte, Montana. United States Butte Montana, 1979. Butte, Montana, - September 1, 1979. [Photograph] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/afc1981005_85204/.

MLA citation style:

Stanton, Gary Ward, et al. Mae Mulcahy, Irish American concertina player, Butte, Montana; Wedding of Mitrianne Popovich and Carl Oreskovich at the Holy Trinity Orthodox Christian Church Serbian, Butte, Montana. Butte, Montana, - September 1, 1979. Photograph. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/afc1981005_85204/>.