Time Travel Tuesday #9

From Good Housekeeping ©whitemay - Getty Images and Brides Magazine

Telegrams

Rather than mailing formal invites, many brides relied on telegrams—a quick, inexpensive and practical way to get the word out.

Brides were encouraged to send telegrams instead of formal invites, which served as a quick way to communicate important news. It would have been considered proper etiquette to accept or decline a wedding invitation by telegram or phone, with the telegram including well wishes for the couple.