"A Wedding on the Rocks" Performers Ed Stivender, Dawn Whalen, and Donna Donnelly (?) Crossing Asylum Street, Hartford
PhotographerPhotographed by
Wayne Fleming
American
SubjectPortrait of
Dawn Whalen
SubjectPortrait of
Edward Stivender
American, born 1946
SubjectPortrait of
Donna Donnelly
American
Date1978
MediumPhotography; color slide on plastic in cardboard mount
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineGift of Robert Gregson
DescriptionSlide depicting Ed Stivender, Dawn Whalen (in the wedding dress), and another woman, probably Donna Donnelly, dressed as a bridesmaid, crossing Asylum Street at the corner of Main Street in Hartford. Stivender, who was portraying the reverend in the wedding ceremony, is wearing a suit. Whalen and the bridesmaid both have flowers. The building in the background is the Hartford-Aetna Bank Building (now demolished) with large "RITE AID" PHARMACY" signs on it. Several other people are walking on the sidewalk.
Object number2015.99.2.17
CopyrightCopyright held by the Connecticut Historical Society. See object file for copyright transfer forms.
Inscribed"WAYNE FLEMING PHOTO" and "Bob Gregson" stamped on slide mount. "Thurs 78" and "1-29" written in black ink on slide mount. "4" and "JUL 78N1" printed on slide mount."NotesSubject note: Bob Gregson's video of Thursday is a Work of Art interviews and events (https://vimeo.com/12575676) depicts the wedding participants walking through downtown Hartford, then getting married amid Carl Andre's "Stone Field Sculpture." (They divorced hours later.) This event took place on July 13, 1978, and was written about in the Hartford Courant ("Sidewalk Art Weds Life, Fun in Summer Series," by Antoinette Martin, The Hartford Courant (1923-1994); Jul 14, 1978; pg. 62).
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