Roosevelt Dress Donated to Collection

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Summary

A dress worn by Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt at the Inaugural Ball, 1905, on the occasion of the Inauguration of President Roosevelt, is lent to the United States National Museum for exhibition in the costumes collection, through her daughter, Mrs. Richard Derby (Ethel Roosevelt), of New York.

Subject

  • Derby, Ethel Roosevelt
  • Roosevelt, Edith Kermit Carow 1861-1948
  • First Ladies Hall
  • United States National Museum

Category

Chronology of Smithsonian History

Notes

"Local Notes," 6/13/1917, p. 2

Contact information

Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu

Date

1917

Topic

  • Costume
  • First Ladies Gowns
  • Presidents
  • Presidents' spouses

Place

United States

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