Postcard of a Dress of Sarah Childress Polk

Object Details

Author: Curt Teich & Co
Subject: Polk, Sarah Childress; United States National Museum; First Ladies Hall; First Ladies Exhibit

Category: Historic Images of the Smithsonian
: See Neg. 38062 for a description of her dress.; Sarah Childress Polk was the wife of President James K. Polk.; The postcard is numbered #4A-H2184. 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.; For another version of this postcard, see Negatives SIA2013-06659 and SIA2013-06660.; Accession #03-140.
Summary: Postcard of a dress of Sarah Childress Polk, wife of President James K. Polk, at the U.S. National Museum, now the Arts and Industries Building. 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 at the National Museum of American History. The dress is blue with brown embellishments. The mannequin is standing, holding a fan. The message side is unused. The front of the postcard 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

1934

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 Gowns; First ladies; Clothing and dress; Museum exhibits; Exhibitions