Albanian Couple had a Close Call (1920)
This couple in Albania escaped a very different conclusion to their engagement story. The groom had been caught up in one of the many feudal wars involving Albania in the late 1910s and early 1920s. He had been recuperating in a Red Cross hospital after suffering a gunshot wound. Fortunately for the couple, the groom recovered from his injury. He was married on the very day he was discharged from the hospital. The bridge greeted him in traditional Albanian dress; a long, flowing dress and a veil that covers her face. The caption on the original image says, “In that country [Albania], folks are unable to tell whether a chap was lucky or not because the bride never unveils her face in the public.”