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1991.8.15

ID Number: 1991.8.15
Category: Communication Artifacts
Sub-category: documentary artifact
Item Type: greeting
Item Name: card
Materials: PAPER, UNKNOWN PAPER, CARDBOARD TEXTILE, SATIN
Description: Rectangular, cream-coloured card opens at side; cardboard cover and separate paper insert are joined together by a 1.25cm wide cream satin ribbon passed through a hole in both cover and inside, then passed over top of card and tied in a bow at the front; Cover: Edged with a light blue border (1/16cm wide) on 3 edges (not along fold); drawing of a bride (black, gold, light blue, pink, green, orange) with silver "sunburst" effect behind her; says, "Wedding Congratualtions" in silver script letters; Inside Right: "May you embark together [drawing of a sailboat]/On matrimony's sea/Amid delightful weather/[sailboat] And sail on joyously;/May Love the faithful helmsman/In safety pilot you/Into the precious harbour [sailboat]/Of hopes and dreams come true!" in black letters; signed,"Leo Laj"in black ink
History: Wedding card for Eugene and Vida (O'Gorman) Lajeunesse, married October 7, 1929, at Sacred Heart Church in LaSalle.
Collection Name: Museum Windsor
Subject (Fre): Y

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Churches / Églises subject

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