First Ladies Hall, Arts and Industries Building

ID: SIA RU000095 [SIA_000095_B42_F17_001]

Creator: United States National Museum Photographic Laboratory

Form/Genre: Black-and-white photographs

Date: 1955

Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 42, Folder 17, Image No. SIA_000095_B42_F17_001

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Summary

First Ladies Hall in the Arts and Industries Building, featuring dresses worn by Mamie Doud Eisenhower, Bess Wallace Truman, Eleanor Roosevelt, and Lou Henry Hoover, with gowned figures placed in a likeness of the East Room of the White House.

Subject

  • Eisenhower, Mamie Doud 1896-1979
  • Truman, Bess Wallace
  • Roosevelt, Eleanor 1884-1962
  • Hoover, Lou Henry 1874-1944
  • Arts and Industries Building (Washington, D.C.)
  • United States National Museum
  • United States National Museum Department of History

Notes

USNM No. 40158

Cite as

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 42, Folder 17, Image No. SIA_000095_B42_F17_001

Repository Loc.

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

Date

  • 1955
  • Circa 1955

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
  • Museums
  • Museum exhibits

Form/Genre

Black-and-white photographs

Local number

SIA RU000095 [SIA_000095_B42_F17_001]

Physical description

Gelatin silver prints; 8 x 8;

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