Shotgun Wedding in Safford Arizona May 1940

A shotgun wedding unfolds in Safford, Arizona, as imagined by Homer Tate in May 1940. This image captures a common social custom in Graham County, where urgent marriages often occurred due to unexpected circumstances. Such weddings reflected the communitys cultural norms and familial expectations of the era.

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