Wedding Bell Blues: 100 Years of Our Great Romance with Marriage

by Michael Barson

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In this romp through that most august of domestic institutions-marriage-hundreds of nostalgic images, from advertisements to magazine covers to movie posters, display the romance and the allure of real or fictional brides and grooms. Advice from the likes of Archie Bunker and excerpts from turn-of-the-century marriage manuals lend a note of unsolicited guidance to the uninitiated. Tying the knot will never be the same again.… (more)

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In this romp through that most august of domestic institutions-marriage-hundreds of nostalgic images, from advertisements to magazine covers to movie posters, display the romance and the allure of real or fictional brides and grooms. Advice from the likes of Archie Bunker and excerpts from turn-of-the-century marriage manuals lend a note of unsolicited guidance to the uninitiated. Tying the knot will never be the same again.

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