President and Mrs. Eisenhower at the First Ladies Gowns Exhibit

Object Details

Author: Unknown
Subject: Eisenhower, Dwight D (Dwight David) 1890-1969; Eisenhower, Mamie Doud 1896-; Arts and Industries Building; United States National Museum; Exhibits Modernization Program United States National Museum; First Ladies Hall; National Collections; National Museum of American History (U.S.) (NMAH); United States President; First Ladies Exhibit

Category: Historic Images of the Smithsonian
: Original negative number is 1494, but that negative has been lost.
Summary: "As President [Dwight David] Eisenhower turns away laughing, his wife [Mamie Eisenhower] also grins as she takes a closer look at the wedding gown she wore July 1, 1916, when she married the Chief Executive. The President and his wife, helping officially to open a 'First Lady's' inaugural gown exhibit at the Smithsonian Institution May 24, walked to a nearby alcove to see the wedding gown on display." The new First Ladies Gowns exhibit in the Arts and Industries Building was part of the Exhibits Modernization Program.
Contained within: Smithsonian Institution Archives Record Unit 95 Box 56 Folder 32
Contact information: Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu

1955

Physical description: Color: Black and White; Size: 9w x 7h; Type of Image: Event; Medium: Photographic print

Smithsonian Archives - History Div

Topic: Artifacts; Celebrities and Dignitaries; Clothing and dress; Costumes; Exhibitions; First Ladies Gowns; Gifts; Mannequins (figures); Museum mannequins; Museum visitors; Openings; Event; Presidents' spouses; Women; Women--History