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Photo, Print, Drawing Wedding of Mitriann Popovich and Carl Oreskovich, Holy Trinity Orthodox Christian Church (Serbian), Butte, Montana

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About this Item

Title

  • Wedding of Mitriann Popovich and Carl Oreskovich, 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, September 1, 1979

Headings

  • -  Marriage customs and rites
  • -  Serbian Americans
  • -  Orthodox Eastern church buildings
  • -  Church decoration and ornament
  • -  Photographs
  • -  Ethnography
  • -  United States -- Montana -- Butte

Genre

  • Photographs
  • Ethnography

Notes

  • -  Index data: Image numbers, descriptions: at the Holy Trinity Orthodox Christian Church (Serbian Orthodox Patriarchate), at the intersection of Continental Drive and St. Ann Street, Butte MT, 1-5, exterior of church before ceremony, held at 12 noon; 6-7, before the ceremony, woman attaches grapes for decorations to front church pews, the photographer's notes state that "grapes were the bride's own choice of symbolic decoration, bridesmaids carried grapes in bouquets"; 8-9, interior of church before the ceremony; 10-13, altar before the ceremony, with crowns (later worn by bride and groom), chalice, book, and white cloth used to tie the bride and groom together at the wrist, during the ceremony; 14-15, close-up of altar with crown, and other items; 16-17, altar after the ceremony, when the white cloth is draped over chalice.

Medium

  • 35 mm color slide

Call Number/Physical Location

  • Call number: AFC 1981/005: MT9-PJ39

Source Collection

  • Montana Folklife Survey collection (AFC 1981/005)

Repository

  • American Folklife Center

Digital Id

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. Wedding of Mitriann Popovich and Carl Oreskovich, Holy Trinity Orthodox Christian Church Serbian, Butte, Montana. Montana United States Butte, 1979. Butte, Montana, September 1. Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/afc1981005_pj39/.

APA citation style:

Stanton, G. W., Johnson, P. J., Toelken, B. & Johnson, P. J. (1979) Wedding of Mitriann Popovich and Carl Oreskovich, Holy Trinity Orthodox Christian Church Serbian, Butte, Montana. Montana United States Butte, 1979. Butte, Montana, September 1. [Photograph] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/afc1981005_pj39/.

MLA citation style:

Stanton, Gary Ward, et al. Wedding of Mitriann Popovich and Carl Oreskovich, Holy Trinity Orthodox Christian Church Serbian, Butte, Montana. Butte, Montana, September 1. Photograph. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/afc1981005_pj39/>.