Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz were married (eloped) on November 30, 1940. However in the years that followed, unsuccessful attempts to conceive lead to speculation by Desi’s mother Lolita that the reason was they were not married “in the eyes of God.” So on June 19, 1949 the couple were married for a second time at Our Lady of the Valley Church in Canoga Park, CA.
This is the original wedding place card used at their reception. Presumably placed where Lucy sat at the sweethearts table, it has her name written in black ink. In 2004’s “Lucy & Desi: The Real Life Scrapbook of America’s Favorite TV Couple” a copy of this place card was included.