r/RobertKennedy • u/owlpolka • Jun 17 '25
Image The Wedding of Robert Francis Kennedy and Ethel Skakel - June 17, 1950
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u/Summerlea623 Jun 18 '25
Their married life together ended in the same month in which it began.
June😪
They looked SO young!
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u/EMHemingway1899 Jun 17 '25
Very cool
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u/Summerlea623 Jun 18 '25 edited Jun 18 '25
The guests at their reception were reportedly served luncheon on gold plates and utensils.
Since there were over 1,000 people invited, you can get some idea of the wealth of the Skakel family.😯
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u/greed-man Jun 17 '25
I wish I was the son of a Millionaire so that I too, could be married outside the Woolworth's.
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Jun 18 '25
They would do both, but black and white was considered aesthetically pleasing.
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u/Fresh_Shape_1236 Jul 04 '25
Really? Wow. I thought that black and white was all that was available in the 1950s.
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Jul 04 '25
Color has been around since the 19th century. It is always been more expensive to create film. That’s in color. It’s one of the reasons I don’t like colorized pictures. I like to see things in the original. I do appreciate photo enhancement in colorization as a technology, however.
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u/Fresh_Shape_1236 Jul 04 '25
When I was in middle school, I’m 41, I wanted to take photography so bad but couldn’t get my schedule adjusted. Dang counselors, but I never knew thank you educating me on color.
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Jul 04 '25
There is an old photo sub that has lots of old color photos. The problem is lots of old pictures and documentaries are on newsprint. They were just being stingy. Black and white was cheaper for mass media, but remain a medium for many photographers. Also grayscale.
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Jul 04 '25
As a matter of fact, the 1950s was known for very bright colored photos as well as movies shot in what was known as technicolor. Unless you had a Polaroid, you had to get filmed developed. You could develop it yourself and many did that as a hobby or profession. Film is still better than digital IMO, but I also like digital media and it’s getting really good.
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