Originally posted on Ipernity: Bride and Groom, Children's Mock Wedding, Perry County, Pa., 1920s.

I sense that the bride and groom may have had some second thoughts as they posed for this photo. See also the full version of this photo. From the Dente Studio, Newport, Pa.

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Originally posted on Ipernity: Just Married, 1949.

An undated red-border Kodachrome Duplicate slide.

The honeymoon getaway car is a Ford Super Deluxe convertible with a 1949 Virginia license plate. This same car also appears in Newlyweds at the Hughes Dairy Bar, Tioga, Pa., 1949.

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Or at least it looked like a runaway bride to me at first glance.

After seeing what was written on the back of the photo, however, it appears that "Verla" (on the right) and an accomplice (on the stairs) are running out of the church in order to play a prank on the bride and groom by "decorating" their car ("Gil's car") in some amusing, inconvenient, or embarrassing way. I still remember how some friends "decorated" the getaway car at my cousin's wedding by spraying shaving cream all over it.

Handwritten description on the back of the photo: "Front view of church & shows how windy it was. Verla in foreground. They're on their way to decorate Gil's car."

Dealer's handwritten caption on the back of the photo: "Holy #&@! Run!!"

Originally posted on Ipernity: Runaway Bride.

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After closely inspecting this photo (see the full and cropped versions) for quite some time, I was surprised to finally realize that there's someone--or part of someone, to be precise--missing from it.

Take another glance at the bride's mother, who was caught with her eyes closed. A man's shoulders are visible directly behind her. The man's head, however, has been imperfectly altered so that it partially blends in with the folds of the curtain behind him.

Who was this mysterious wedding guest, and who wanted him out of the picture? We'll never know, but I find it amazing how well hidden--to my eyes, at least--he turned out to be. It's remarkable that this simple method of concealment was so successful in hiding this man's presence in the photo.

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A Kodachrome slide dated July 1959.

Originally posted on Ipernity: How to Tell When the Honeymoon Is Over.

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