Historical information
This image is said to be of the wedding of Margaret (Maggie) Isabel Dickie and Mr William Ernest Prosser taken outside the Baptist Chapel in Lerderderg Street Bacchus Marsh in March 1898. Maggie Dickie was the eldest daughter of a prominent Bacchus Marsh family. Her father George Dickie was a store owner and Shire of Bacchus Marsh Councillor. The groom, William Prosser was an employee of the Bacchus Marsh Post Office. The marriage ceremony was reported in detail in the Bacchus Marsh Express newspaper of the 26 March 1898 where reference is made to two photographers who were waiting outside the church to take pictures.
Physical description
One digital file acquired from State Library of Victoria.
One print copy for BMDHS collection reproduced from digital file.
BMDHS Location: Photo Album - Groups 2
Subjects
References
- Source of image: [Wedding party ca 1910], Pictures Collection, State Library of Victoria, H91.320/15 . Photographer unknown.
- WEDDING NOTES. (1898, March 26). The Bacchus Marsh Express (Vic. : 1866 - 1943), pp. 2-3. 12, 2026, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article88345361 A detailed report of the wedding of Maggie Dickie and W.E. Prosser.
