Postcard of a Dress of Mary Todd Lincoln

Object Details

Author: Curt Teich & Co
Subject: Lincoln, Mary Todd 1818-1882; First Ladies Hall; United States National Museum; Arts and Industries Building; National Collections; First Ladies Exhibit

Category: Historic Images of the Smithsonian
: Mary Todd Lincoln was the wife of President Abraham Lincoln.; #8A-H349. Genuine Curteich-Chicago "C.T. Photo-Colorit" Post Card. Curt Otto Teich (1877-1974), a German immigrant, founded Curt Teich & Co., which was a postcard printing company that operated from 1898 to 1978. The company specialized in view and advertising postcards, and was the largest volume printer of this type in the world from the 1920s to the 1940s. C.T. Photo-Colorit was a printing process used by Curt Teich & Co.; This postcard is located in Accession #03-140, which is part of Record Unit 95.
Summary: Blank postcard of a dress of Mary Todd Lincoln at the U.S. National Museum, now the Arts and Industries Building. The dress is purple. It was part of the Collection of Period Costumes exhibit in the Arts and Industries Building and is now part of the First Ladies collection. The mannequin wearing the dress is standing, holding a purple and white fan in her hands. The message side is blank, and the card has white edging.
Contained within: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 45, Folder: 24
Contact information: Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, SW, Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu

1938

Physical description: Number of Images: 2; Color: Color; Size: 3.5w x 5.5h; Type of Image: Postcard; Medium: Linen

Smithsonian Archives - History Div

Topic: Postcard; Presidents' spouses; First ladies; First Ladies Gowns; Clothing and dress; Museum exhibits; Exhibitions; Mannequins (figures)