Object Details
- Author
- Unknown
- Subject
- Taft, Helen Herron 1861-1943
- National Museum of American History (U.S.) (NMAH)
- National Museum of History and Technology (U.S.)
- United States National Museum
- National Collections
- Category
- Historic Images of the Smithsonian
- Summary
- Gown worn by Helen Herron Taft, wife of President William Howard Taft, 1909-1913. This was the first gown donated to the Collection in 1912. The dress is part of the First Ladies' Collection of the National Museum of American History.
- Contained within
- Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 53, Folder: 4
- Contact information
- Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
- c. 1960s
- Standard number
- 38078 or MAH-38078
- Restrictions & Rights
- No restrictions
- Type
- Photographic print
- Object
- Physical description
- Color: Black and White; Size: 8w x 10h; Type of Image: Object; Medium: Photographic print
- Place
- United States
- Smithsonian Archives - History Div
- Topic
- Clothing and dress
- Costumes
- Exhibitions
- First Ladies Gowns
- Gifts
- Mannequins (figures)
- Museum mannequins
- Presidents' spouses
- Women--History
- Record ID
- siris_sic_10774
