First Ladies Hall

Summary

Exhibit in First Ladies Hall at the Museum of Museum of History and Technology (MHT), now known as the National Museum of American History, featuring a replica of the East Room of the White House and "Gowns of the First Ladies": Florence King Harding, Grace Goodhue Coolidge, Lou Henry Hoover, Eleanor Roosevelt, Bess Wallace Truman, Mamie Dowd Eisenhower, Jackqueline Bouvier Kennedy, Claudia (Lady Bird) Taylor Johnson, and Patricia Nixon.

Subject

• Smithsonian Institution Photographic Services Division
• National Museum of History and Technology

Notes

• Requested from Photographic Services Division by Office of the Deputy Director, NMHT.
• See also Record Unit 285, Box 20, Folder 3.
• Arrangement of July 1972, with new Bess Truman gown.

Cite as

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Acc. 11-009, Image No. 72-7078

Repository Loc.

Smithsonian Institution Archives Capital Gallery, Suite 3000, MRC 507; 600 Maryland Avenue, SW; Washington, DC 20024-2520

Date

• 1972
• July 14, 1972

Restrictions & Rights

• No access restrictions Many of SIA's holdings are located off-site, and advance notice is recommended to consult a collection. Please email the SIA Reference Team at osiaref@si.edu
• No Copyright - United States

Topic

• Clothing and dress
• Exhibitions
• Presidents' spouses
• First ladies

Form/Genre

Color negatives

Local number

SIA Acc. 11-009 [72-7078]

Physical description

4 x 5;

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