About This Item

  • TitleWedding of Joaquina Gonzalez and Herman Vargas. Bride and groom returning from the altar.
  • Call NumberOSOS_0169
  • Cite AsOur Streets, Our Stories collection, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryMarriage of Joaquina (born 1934, immigrated to U.S. in 1957) and Herman (born 1943, immigrated to U.S. in 1955), grandparents of the donor. They met while living on Christopher Street, Brooklyn. Donor statement: Grandpa watched grandma walk to work because she had nice legs. The wedding photos were taken in a Catholic church in Brooklyn.
  • Date9/22/1962
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 image file : digital, TIFF, black-and-white
  • Genreblack-and-white photographsportraits
  • NoteTitle supplied by cataloger. Date supplied by donor. Original photograph digitized on November 30, 2015 as a TIFF. Donated for capture by Jordan O'Connor at Saint Saviour Catholic Academy. Collected through the Our Streets, Our Stories community heritage project, a part of the Culture in Transit grant from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation's Knight News Challenge.
  • CreatorRufina Studios, Brooklyn
  • SubjectPortraits, Group ; Marriage customs and rites ; Hispanic Americans
  • CollectionOur Streets, Our Stories collection
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
  • RightsCopyright restrictions apply to the use of this work. For more information or to obtain a reproduction of this work, contact the Center for Brooklyn History at Brooklyn Public Library.