Bob Feigel and Celeste Mills's hippie wedding, 3/4

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Title

Bob Feigel and Celeste Mills's hippie wedding, 3/4

Description

Bob Feigel and Celeste Mills's hippie wedding was held in front of Dr. Schweiger's house, by The Yellow House, on Topanga Beach on Easter 1971.

Baron Bingen, the pastor, wears a striped shirt.
G. Bob Roberts, step-father of the groom, stands right of him, wearing a safari suit.
Martha Feigel, mother of the groom, stands left of him, wearing a lei.
Helen Mills, mother of the bride, stands left of the groom, wearing a lei.
"Beer Can Larry" Wright holds a beer behind the groom.
Jim Fitzpatrick, the Best Man, wears a Speedo bathing suit.
Frances Fitzpatrick wears a bikini.
David H. Stern is the bald man standing behind him.
A woman watches from the balcony.

"We were married four times that day. Once by Baron Bingen (from the film "Rainbow Bridge"), David H. Stern (coauthor of "Surfing Guide to Southern California"), a pastor chosen by my bride's sister to ensure our marriage was legal and church approved (her mother was a Roman Catholic and I wasn't so a priest was out of the question), and by my dear friend and surfing pal, Kenny McWilliams, who married us with a special composition on his standup bass.... Our wedding was also part of a television special about different ways Easter was celebrated.... "Beer Can Larry" [Wright] took off his bunny ears for the photo, but not his bunny tail while passing around extra strong beer and ale in a cute Easter basket he was carrying."
-- Bob Feigel

Date

April 11, 1971 (Easter)

Source

Digital only

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Creator

John Clemens
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Citation

John Clemens, “Bob Feigel and Celeste Mills's hippie wedding, 3/4,” Topanga Historical Society Digital Archive, accessed October 15, 2024, https://topangahistoricalsociety.org/archive/document/2500.