Digitized Content from P. P. and F. Co. Marriage Certificate | Illinois History and Lincoln Collections

The digitized content of the P.P. and F. Co. Marriage Certificate consists of a marriage certificate depicting a Black couple and minister during a wedding ceremony. The certificate was published by People’s Portrait and Frame Co. in Chicago, Illinois, in 1910.

People’s Portrait and Frame Co. was a design and photo company in Chicago, Illinois, in the early 1900s. The artist is unidentified, though it is possibly the work of Otto Schieble. Schieble was born in Germany in 1873, and was listed as living in Chicago, Illinois, as a "picture enlarger" in the 1910 United States Census.

The digitized content contains a digital copy of a large (15.75 x 20 inch) marriage certificate from P.P. and F. Co. [People’s Portrait and Frame Co.] in Chicago, Illinois. The chromolithograph image depicts a Black couple standing in front of a minister during a wedding ceremony. Underneath the image is the certificate section, with spaces for signatures from the couple and witnesses. The scene is encompassed by a purple border.

The P.P. and F. Co. Marriage Certificate was completely digitized in 2026. The item is available online at the University of Illinois Digital Library. A preservation copy of the item is available to IHLC and digital preservation staff at the Library Digital Repository: https://medusa.library.illinois.edu/collections/2529