First Ladies Gowns

Object Details

Author: Unknown
Subject: Harding, Florence Kling; Hoover, Lou Henry; Coolidge, Grace Goodhue 1879-1957; Roosevelt, Eleanor 1884-1962; Truman, Bess Wallace; Eisenhower, Mamie Doud 1896-; Johnson, Lady Bird 1912-; Onassis, Jacqueline Kennedy 1929-1994; Nixon, Pat 1912-; First Ladies Hall; National Museum of History and Technology (U.S.); National Museum of American History (U.S.) (NMAH); National Collections; First Ladies Exhibit

Category: Historic Images of the Smithsonian
: An earlier picture reflects a different arrangement of the mannequins.
Summary: In the National Museum of History and Technology, now the National Museum of American History, the First Ladies Exhibit shows gowned figures placed in a period decorated East Room of the White House. They are from left to right: Florence Kling Harding, Grace Goodhue Coolidge, Lou Henry Hoover, Eleanor Roosevelt, Bess Wallace Truman, Mamie Doud Eisenhower, Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy, Claudia (Lady Bird) Taylor Johnson, and Patricia Nixon.
Contained within: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 285, Box 20, Folder: 3
Contact information: Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu

1972

Physical description: Number of Images: 1 Color: Color Size: 10w x 8h Type of Image: Exhibit Medium: Photographic print

Smithsonian Archives - History Div

Topic: Artifacts; Chandeliers; Clothing and dress; Costumes; Exhibitions; First Ladies Gowns; Gifts; Mannequins (figures); Museum exhibits; Museum mannequins; Piano; Presidents' spouses; Women--History