First Ladies Hall, Arts and Industries Building

ID: SIA RU000095 [SIA_000095_B42_F17_006]

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_006

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Summary

First Ladies Hall in the Arts and Industries Building, featuring dresses worn by Sarah Yorke Jackson and Emily Donelson, representing the administration of President Andrew Jackson; Angelica Van Buren; Jane Irwin Findlay, hostess for President William Henry Harrison; Julia Gardiner Tyler; and Sarah Childress Polk, with gowned figures placed in a likeness of the Reception Room of the White House (1829-1849).

Subject

  • Donelson, Emily Tennessee 1807-1836
  • Jackson, Sarah Yorke 1803-1877
  • Van Buren, Angelica Singleton 1816-1877
  • Findlay, Jane Irwin
  • Tyler, Julia Gardiner 1820-1889
  • Polk, Sarah Childress 1803-1891
  • Arts and Industries Building (Washington, D.C.)
  • United States National Museum
  • United States National Museum Department of History

Notes

  • USNM No. 43539C
  • See United States National Museum Annual Report, 1955, p. 8-9.
  • The Persian carpet on the floor was a gift from the Sultan of Muscat (now Oman) to President Martin Van Buren in 1840.

Cite as

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 42, Folder 17, Image No. SIA_000095_B42_F17_006

Repository Loc.

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

Date

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_006]

Physical description

Gelatin silver prints; 8 x 10;

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