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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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About this Item

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 27, 1987

Headings

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

Genre

  • Photographs
  • Ethnography
  • Documentary photographs

Notes

  • -  Index data: These photos document the second day of the 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. 2-3, Bride lights cigarette for groom in bedroom at the conclusion of an important part of the ceremony; they are posing for photographs; 4-6, Bride and groom pose for photographs in bedroom; 7, Blank image; 8-9, Bride and groom pose for photographs; 10, Blank image; 11-13, Bride and groom pose for photographs; 14-16, Wedding guests pose for photographs in bedroom; 17-18, Sarin Kim (left) and Sarann Kong perform pantomime; 19, Sarin Kim rests on pillow wrapped in rug as Sarann Kong sings as pantomime continues; 20-21, Bride and groom viewed from behind as Sarin Kim officiates another part of the wedding ceremony; 22, Bride and groom sit in chair in middle of the room; 23-24, Bride and groom (center) pose for photos with bride's brother, Pen Vann, and his wife; 25-27, uride and groom pose with unidentified guests; 28-30, Cambodian photographer, Sirik Seng, positions bride, groom, and others for a photo; 31, Bride and groom pose for photos with wedding guests; 32-34, Blank images; 35-37, Graffiti on side of 20 N. Franklin Street.

Medium

  • 35 mm black-and-white film negatives

Call Number/Physical Location

  • Call number: AFC 1987/042: LFP-DT-250

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. Massachusetts United States Lowell, 1987. Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/afc1987042_dt_250/.

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. Massachusetts United States Lowell, 1987. [Photograph] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/afc1987042_dt_250/.

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_250/>.