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Wedding of Drew and Marie Drynan at St. Stephens Cathedral, Brisbane, 14 August 1929

  • State Library of Queensland said:
    The Brisbane Courier reported this wedding thus: DRYNAN-FLANAGAN. At St. Stephen's Cathedral on August 7, the marriage was solemnised of Mr. Andrew John (Drew) Drynan (eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. James Drynan, Beaudesert) and Miss Marie Flanagan (second daughter of Mrs. Flanagan and the late Mr. Andrew Flanagan, Forest Home, Rathdowney). Rev. Father Hennessey performed the ceremony, assisted by the Rev. Father Steele (Yeronga). The bride, who was given away by her uncle (Mr. Frank. Egan), was in a silver lace and georgette frock made with wide side drapes, and an uneven hem line with a diamente ornament at the side. Her pale pink tulle veil was arranged in cap fashion with a coronet of orange blossoms and silver lace. She also carried a showy bouquet of white roses and sweet peas. The bride was attended by two bridesmaids, Miss Kitty Flanagan (sister) and. Miss Ena Drynan (sister of the bridegroom). They wore frocks of pale blue, and pale pink net, respectively. The tucked bodices were attached to skirts adorned with handkerchief and peacock drapes mounted on silver lace, and finished with soft taffetas bows. They wore blue and pink crinoline hats faced with tulle and trimmed with bows of silver rib- bon. They also carried bouquets ol pale pink and blue flowers. Mr. Jim Drynan (brother of bridegroom) was best man, and Mr. Jack Enright was groomsman. Miss Kitty Slack presided at the organ. The guests were enter tained at the Jenolan Cafe by Mrs. Flanagan, who wore a costume of black mariette with an overrskirt of block silk lace. She also wore a black hat with touches of pink, and carried a bouquet of red and pink shaded roses. The bridegroom's mother was frocked in a semi-ensemble of honey coloured mariette with a front panel of satin beauté, and a hat en suite. She carried an autumn tinted posy. After the recep tion the bride and bridegroom left on their honeymoon, which will be spent on a motor tour of the Northern Rivers. Mrs. Drynan wore a travelling frock of fawn Marocain showing hand embroideries, with a Visca straw hat in a lemon shade. nla.gov.au/nla.news-article21440802
  • State Library of Queensland said:
    You can see the original newspaper article here: trove.nla.gov.au/static/ndp/tmpImageFiles/article21440802...

Wedding party, north Queensland, 1920-1930

Portrait of Kono San at a Movietone event on board SS SIERRA

  • Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons said:
    [http://www.flickr.com/photos/51979177@N02] Fascinating! A flapper in our collection! Fantastic quasymody :) There's another blog there for sure. Interesting, that newspaper report saying she was Chinese, must have been them just assuming that was the case and getting it wrong. Wish we had a film like the Anna Chang one. I wonder where the Anna Chang one came from anyway. So exciting that I have been distracted for the past hour doing my own searches :)
  • Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons said:
    [http://www.flickr.com/photos/51979177@N02] and check this out !! nla.gov.au/nla.news-article48023353
  • Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons said:
    [http://www.flickr.com/photos/51979177@N02] Hmmm, I get the sense that was their promo tactic. Unless of course she really was well known, and the records about her just haven't been digitised...Although I can't help but feel if she really was such a raging success, wouldn't the Australian newspapers have given her more of a mention?
  • Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons said:
    [http://www.flickr.com/photos/51979177@N02] I think it must be her, after all, how many Japanese flappers did they have on that one ship at that particular time? I love the risque element to it all, what a fascinating discovery :)
  • Peter D. Tillman said:
    Cool. Added to en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1929_in_Australia#Arts_and_literature Thanks for posting these!