1896 Marriage Announcements Collection
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Description
1896 Marriage Announcements Collection
Overview
The 1896 Marriage Announcements Collection is a small, digitized set of two printed marriage announcements issued in New York in 1896. The collection is presented in English and includes the original images of the announcements as well as OCR‑derived text. It is catalogued by the Alice Austen House Test and is accessible through the PINAX archival system.Background
The announcements were produced by Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence D. Alexander and Mr. and Mrs. Erving, families residing in New York. The collection was assembled for the Alice Austen House Test as a record of local social events and has been preserved in the PINAX digital repository. The provenance reflects the families’ desire to publicly announce their daughters’ marriages to the community.Contents
- Lucy Alexander – Edward A. Whistler Everitt (November 17, 1896) – The announcement lists the parents, the groom’s name, the date, and the location “New York.”
- Sarah Elizabeth Erving – James Gore King (April 22, 1896) – The announcement similarly names the parents, groom, date, and location.
Each announcement is represented by a high‑resolution JPEG image (≈800 KB) and an accompanying JSON file containing the OCR transcription. The OCR text confirms the printed wording and provides a searchable record of the names and dates.
Scope
The collection covers two marriage announcements dated 1896, both held in New York. It is limited to the families of the Alexander and Erving households and does not include any related documents such as marriage licenses or certificates. The material is valuable for genealogical research, social history of late‑19th‑century New York, and studies of family naming practices. The collection is fully in English and is accessible via the placeholder URL provided in the metadata.Entities
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Raw Cheimarros Data
@file_pinax:file {description: "Metadata record for the 1896 Marriage Announcements Collection"}
@marriage_announcements_1896:collection {title: "1896 Marriage Announcements Collection", creator: ["Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence D. Alexander", "Mr. and Mrs. Erving"], institution: "Alice Austen House Test", created: @date_1896, language: "en", subjects: ["Marriage announcements","Weddings","Social history","New York","19th century"], description: "Collection of marriage announcements from 1896 featuring the weddings of Lucy Alexander to Edward A. Whistler Everitt and Sarah Elizabeth Erving to James Gore King, both in New York."}
@file_pinax -> documents -> @marriage_announcements_1896:collection
@lawrence_d_alexander:person {full_name: "Lawrence D. Alexander"}
@mrs_alexander:person {full_name: "Mrs. Lawrence D. Alexander"}
@lucy_alexander:person {full_name: "Lucy Alexander", parents: [@lawrence_d_alexander, @mrs_alexander]}
@edward_a_whistler_everitt:person {full_name: "Edward A. Whistler Everitt"}
@lucy_alexander_wedding:event {when: @date_1896_11_17, where: @new_york, participants: [@lucy_alexander, @edward_a_whistler_everitt]}
@lucy_alexander -> married to -> @edward_a_whistler_everitt {when: @date_1896_11_17, where: @new_york}
@file_1896_11_17_nov_1001_copy_jpg:file {description: "OCR of marriage announcement for Lucy Alexander and Edward A. Whistler Everitt"}
@file_1896_11_17_nov_1001_copy_jpg -> documents -> @lucy_alexander_wedding:event
@mr_erving:person {full_name: "Mr. Erving"}
@mrs_erving:person {full_name: "Mrs. Erving"}
@sarah_elizabeth_erving:person {full_name: "Sarah Elizabeth Erving", parents: [@mr_erving, @mrs_erving]}
@james_gore_king:person {full_name: "James Gore King"}
@sarah_erving_wedding:event {when: @date_1896_04_22, where: @new_york, participants: [@sarah_elizabeth_erving, @james_gore_king]}
@sarah_elizabeth_erving -> married to -> @james_gore_king {when: @date_1896_04_22, where: @new_york}
@file_1896_4_22_april_3002_copy_jpg:file {description: "OCR of marriage announcement for Sarah Elizabeth Erving and James Gore King"}
@file_1896_4_22_april_3002_copy_jpg -> documents -> @sarah_erving_wedding:event
@marriage_announcements_1896 -> includes -> [@lucy_alexander_wedding, @sarah_erving_wedding]Metadata
Files (2)
1896_11-17-Nov 1001 copy.jpgJPEG
OCR Text
Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence D. Alexander announce the marriage of their daughter; Lucy. to Mr. Edward A. Whistler Everitt, on Tuesday, November the seventeenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-six. New York.
1896_4-22-April 3002 copy.jpgJPEG
OCR Text
Mr. and Mrs. Erving announce the marriage of their daughter, Sarah Elizabeth, to Mr. James Gore King, on Wednesday, April the twenty-second, eighteen hundred and ninety-six, New York.
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"Reorganization group: 1896_Announcements"
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