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Photo, Print, Drawing Wedding of Sopheap Kuth and Pen Hing at the home of Pen Hing's mother, Mrs. Chounn Chen, Lowell, Massachusetts

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Title

  • Wedding of Sopheap Kuth and Pen Hing at the home of Pen Hing's mother, Mrs. Chounn Chen, Lowell, Massachusetts

Names

  • Lueders-Booth, John, 1935- (Research team member)
  • DeNatale, Douglas (Research team member)
  • Taylor, David Alan, 1951- (Photographer)

Created / Published

  • September 26, 1987

Headings

  • -  Folklore--Massachusetts
  • -  Photographs
  • -  Ethnography
  • -  Documentary photographs
  • -  United States -- Massachusetts -- Lowell

Genre

  • Photographs
  • Ethnography
  • Documentary photographs

Notes

  • -  Index data: These photos document the first day of a two-day Cambodian wedding held at the home of Mrs. Chhoun Chen, 20 N. Franklin Street, Lowell, Massachusetts. The bride is Mrs. Chhoun's daughter, Pen Hing, the groom is Sopheap Muth. 1, Blank image; 2-5, Wedding guest prepares ceremonial objects prior to arrival of Buddhist monks; 6-10, Wedding guests sit around ceremonial objects and wait for monks; 11, Buddhist nun ascends stairs; 12-17, Musicians play (foreground) as monks prepare for ceremony (left rear); 18-19, Cambodian videographer (standing at left) documents ceremony; 20-22, Jack Lueders-Booth documents scene with 35mm camera; 23, Wedding guests; 24-25, Jack Lueders-Booth documents scene; 26-36, Buddhist monks conduct ceremony as wedding guests look on (Jack Lueders-Booth takes photos in #31-36).

Medium

  • 35 mm black-and-white film negatives

Call Number/Physical Location

  • Call number: AFC 1987/042: LFP-DT-249

Source Collection

  • Lowell Folklife Project collection (AFC 1987/042)

Repository

  • American Folklife Center

Online Format

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Credit line: Lowell Folklife Project collection (AFC 1987/042), American Folklife Center, Library of Congress

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Chicago citation style:

Lueders-Booth, John, Douglas Denatale, and David Alan Taylor. Wedding of Sopheap Kuth and Pen Hing at the home of Pen Hing's mother, Mrs. Chounn Chen, Lowell, Massachusetts. United States Lowell Massachusetts, 1987. Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/afc1987042_dt_249/.

APA citation style:

Lueders-Booth, J., Denatale, D. & Taylor, D. A. (1987) Wedding of Sopheap Kuth and Pen Hing at the home of Pen Hing's mother, Mrs. Chounn Chen, Lowell, Massachusetts. United States Lowell Massachusetts, 1987. [Photograph] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/afc1987042_dt_249/.

MLA citation style:

Lueders-Booth, John, Douglas Denatale, and David Alan Taylor. Wedding of Sopheap Kuth and Pen Hing at the home of Pen Hing's mother, Mrs. Chounn Chen, Lowell, Massachusetts. Photograph. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/afc1987042_dt_249/>.