This week’s #FridayFind is… a BOO-tiful wedding?

Written By Dmitri Schmidt

For Neil Parker and Mabel Beakley October 31st, 1927 wasn’t just a spooky holiday, but a romantic one too!

According to the Smithsonian Magazine, Halloween is a tradition tracing its lineage back thousands to years to northwestern Europe, but it wasn’t brought to the US until the 18th and 19th centuries with the arrival of Irish and Scottish immigrants. While our modern idea of Halloween and trick-or-treating didn’t become popular until the 1950s, the holiday was already in full swing by the late 1920s when the Parker couple married.

Their marriage record can’t tell us anything about whether or not they spent their wedding night being pranked by their teenage neighbors, but it’s certainly not out of the realm of possibility!

Happy early Halloween everyone, whether October 31st is just a spooky holiday for you or a romantic one too! Don’t forget to share your thoughts and send an email to emma@backlog-archivists.com!

Dmitri Schmidt
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