EA and Edna celebrated their coming marriage with a picnic near Garfield Park the night before they wed. Unlike current day, it included only a few family members. Attending were Gussie's sister Ada, her brother Percy and her mother Betsy. Rounding out the celebration were Percy's wife Jenny and their son, Ernest, "Bud," and Jenny's brother Thayer. His given name was William so I don't know if Gussie forgot his name or he went by Thayer. There's also another person who is unidentified.
Gussie clearly took the first picture because she's the only one not in it. People look like they're having a good time. The second picture shows Jenny, EA and Thayer heating dinner. It's hard to figure out what's cooking because it looks like they're heating a paint can. I like the guys' formal wear and Jenny's white dress which she seems to have no fear of getting dirty.
For dinner the group moved to a different area. I used this picture for Chris and Stephanie's rehearsal dinner. I liked the casualness of it, the horse in the background and everyone having a good time. For those who love minutia, the picnic basket and dinnerware are resting on a small carpet.
The final photo is a cropped image that I included because I like the way Gussie looks. It's hard to call her Gussie because here she looks like Miss Edna Jessie Walker about to become Mrs. Edgar Burkhardt.
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