President and Mrs. Eisenhower at the First Ladies Gowns Exhibit

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.

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

Notes

Original negative number is 1494, but that negative has been lost.

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

Date

1955

Restrictions & Rights

No restrictions

Topic

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

Place

United States

Form/Genre

Photographic print

ID Number

2002-10613

Physical description

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

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