More Info →"Married at 91 years"

Description

This image was not published in The Manawatu Evening Standard, taken 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." Another image of the couple was published on 28 January, 1964. See: 2017N_2017-20_018390

Identification

Object type

Image

Archive

Manawatū Evening Standard Negative Collection

Date

January 1964

Digitisation ID

2017N_2017-20_018391

Format

B&W negative