Beautiful Pictures Of Vintage Weddings

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For Italian-American brides in the 1950s, it was customary to receive a porcelain doll dressed as a bride at the bridal shower, which was to be displayed on the bed after the wedding. Pictured: Joan Martino and Edward O’Gorman, married on September 14, 1957, with their parents, Johanna and Sabbatino Martino (left) and Blanche and John O’Gorman (right).