Elaine Robinson Mitchell wedding shoes, Peru, 1939
Contributed by Maine Historical Society
Item 48251
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Elaine May Robinson (1912-1987) of Canton wore these white pinhole-punched leather shoes with two-inch heels on June 26, 1939 when she married Merton Wilder Mitchell (1899-1970).
Elaine's mother, Mabell Robinson made the wedding dress for her daughter. The wedding was held at the summer home of Elaine's aunt and uncle Ethel Robinson and Ray L. Linnell in Peru.
The house was decorated with pine boughs festooned with white flowers.
Wilder Mitchell owned a sawmill on Roxbury Road in Mexico. The Mitchells lived near the Mitchell family farm in Mexico and later built a house near the sawmill.
Other Information
- Title: Elaine Robinson Mitchell wedding shoes, Peru, 1939
- Creation Date: 1939
- Subject Date: 1939
- Town: Peru
- County: Oxford
- State: ME
- Media: Leather
- Local Code: 2005.328.003
- Object Type: Physical Object
For more information about this item, contact:
Maine Historical Society
489 Congress Street, Portland, ME 04101
(207) 774-1822
http://www.mainehistory.org
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LC Subject Headings
Weddings--Maine--Peru
Mitchell, Elaine Robinson, 1912-1987--Marriage
Wedding costume--Maine
Mitchell, Merton Wilder, 1899-1970--Marriage
Marriage customs and rites
Weddings--Equipment and supplies
Wedding clothing & dress--1930-1940
Women's shoes
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