First Ladies Gowns
Object Details
- Author
- Unknown
- Subject
- Coolidge, Grace Goodhue 1879-1957
- Eisenhower, Mamie Doud 1896-
- Harding, Florence Kling
- Hoover, Lou Henry
- Johnson, Lady Bird 1912-
- Onassis, Jacqueline Kennedy 1929-1994
- Roosevelt, Eleanor 1884-1962
- Truman, Bess Wallace
- National Collections
- National Museum of History and Technology (U.S.)
- National Museum of American History (U.S.) (NMAH)
- First Ladies Exhibit
- Category
- Historic Images of the Smithsonian
- Summary
- The installation in the National Museum of History and Technology, now the National Museum of American History, of the First Ladies Exhibit shows gowned figures placed in the East Room as it looked during the 20th century. The dresses in this room are those worn by (left to right) Claudia (Lady Bird) Taylor Johnson, Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy, Mamie Doud Eisenhower, Bess Wallace Truman, Eleanor Roosevelt, Lou Henry Hoover, Grace Goodhue Coolidge, and Florence Kling Harding. The gold Steinway grand piano was given to the White House in 1903.
- 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
- c. 1968
- Standard number
- SIA2010-3415 or P65460G or MAH-P65460G
- Restrictions & Rights
- No restrictions
- Type
- Photographic print
- Exhibit
- Physical description
- Number of Images: 1; Color: Black and white; Size: 5w x 4h; Type of Image: Exhibit; Medium: Photographic print
- Place
- United States
- Smithsonian Archives - History Div
- Topic
- Artifacts
- Chandeliers
- Clothing and dress
- Costumes
- Exhibitions
- First Ladies Gowns
- Gifts
- Mannequins (figures)
- Museum mannequins
- Piano
- Presidents' spouses
- Women--History
- Record ID
- siris_sic_11426
- Metadata Usage (text)
- Usage conditions apply
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