More Info →"Married at 91 years" Signing the registry

Description

This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 28 January, 1964. "Yesterday was Mrs Blanche Curtin's wedding day--but it was a wedding with a difference. For Mrs Curtin--now Mrs H. Scotton--is 91 years of age. Mr Scotten, in his seventies, is an Englishman who came to new Zealand about two years ago. The newly-married couple will live in Wanganui, which has been Mrs Scotton's home for the part eight years. They pictures shows Mr and Mrs Scotton smiling happily as they sign the register, minutes after they were married." The image was cropped to just the couple for the story. See also: 2017N_2017-20_018391

Identification

Object type

Image

Archive

Manawatū Evening Standard Negative Collection

Date

January 1964

Digitisation ID

2017N_2017-20_018390

Format

B&W negative