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Wedding Customs of the Late 19th Century Examined

Wedding Customs of the Late 19th Century Examined

Weddings can be perplexing and overwhelming when you consider the etiquette involved. To make matters more daunting, these social “dos and don’ts” continue to change with time. What would an acceptable wedding in Greeley have been like in the 1880s?

Wedding Customs of the Late 19th Century

Wedding Customs of the Late 19th Century

The social “dos and don’ts” of wedding etiquette can be perplexing and they continue to change with time. The wedding ceremony of Rozene Meeker, daughter of Greeley’s founder Nathan Meeker, gives us a glimpse of what a typical wedding was like in the 1880s.