[Margie Bowlin-Brown singing 'Oh Promise Me']

One of 5,145 photographs in the series: Joe Clark, HBSS, 1939-1989 available on this site.

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Photograph of an Margie Bowlin-Brown singing "Oh Promise Me" at the wedding ceremony of Hazel Petrey and Gilbert Dove at the Sunny View Methodist Church. Ruth Lambdin, church organist and Sunday school teacher, plays the organ to accompany her. Narrative by Junebug Clark: More images and information can be found in the July 28, 1941 issue of Life Magazine, pages 82-85 in the story “Life Magazine Goes to a Kentucky Wedding.” Also in the Joe Clark, HBSS book “ Country Wedding," published in 1974. All are in the Clark Family Photography Collection.

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1 photograph : negative, b&w ; 4 x 5 in.

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Clark, Joe June 15, 1941.

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Photograph of an Margie Bowlin-Brown singing "Oh Promise Me" at the wedding ceremony of Hazel Petrey and Gilbert Dove at the Sunny View Methodist Church. Ruth Lambdin, church organist and Sunday school teacher, plays the organ to accompany her. Narrative by Junebug Clark: More images and information can be found in the July 28, 1941 issue of Life Magazine, pages 82-85 in the story “Life Magazine Goes to a Kentucky Wedding.” Also in the Joe Clark, HBSS book “ Country Wedding," published in 1974. All are in the Clark Family Photography Collection.

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1 photograph : negative, b&w ; 4 x 5 in.

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This seminal work of visual storytelling represents the extensive Clark family archives from the golden age of American photography. Their work has featured in Life Magazine, National Geographic, Look and Newsweek.

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[Margie Bowlin-Brown singing 'Oh Promise Me'] (Photograph)

[Margie Bowlin-Brown singing 'Oh Promise Me']

Photograph of an Margie Bowlin-Brown singing "Oh Promise Me" at the wedding ceremony of Hazel Petrey and Gilbert Dove at the Sunny View Methodist Church. Ruth Lambdin, church organist and Sunday school teacher, plays the organ to accompany her. Narrative by Junebug Clark: More images and information can be found in the July 28, 1941 issue of Life Magazine, pages 82-85 in the story “Life Magazine Goes to a Kentucky Wedding.” Also in the Joe Clark, HSSS book “ Country Wedding published in 1974. Additionally a 1982 photo of Hazel and Gilbert can be found in Joe’s Tennessee Scrapbook. All are in this Clark Family Collection. Photo by: Joe Clark, HBSS. Signed by: Joe Clark, HBSS

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  • June 15, 1941

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Clark, Joe. [Margie Bowlin-Brown singing 'Oh Promise Me'], photograph, June 15, 1941; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc488896/: accessed May 4, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.

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