Worn by the donor's Mother, Mrs. Charles DeWitt O'Kieffe, Jr., née Mary Louise Wright, as a wedding dress in a civil ceremony December 31, 1927, in Indianapolis, Indiana. Mary Louise Wright was born January 12, 1906 and died November 13, 1985....
Wedding coat of Jabez Hamlin (born July 28, 1709 - died April 5, 1779) when he married Margaret Phillips (born August 31, 1713 -died September 6, 1748) in Middletown, Connecticut, on December 6, 1736. Great-great-grandfather of Anna P. Williams....
Worn by donor's mother, Mrs. Nicholas Klesen (née Martha Scholz) for her wedding on June 18, 1910 at St. Nicholas Church, 113th Place and State Street, Chicago.
Worn by donor's grandfather, George Walker Meeker, at his wedding to Mary Ellen Forgan Farwain. Mr. Meeker (born July 26, 1854; died April, 1899) lived on Astor Street in Chicago and was a coal merchant.
Worn by donor, Mrs. C. Phillip Miller, née Florence Lowden, daughter of Governor Frank O. Lowden of Illinois and Mrs. Lowden who was a daughter of George Mortimer Pullman.
Worn by Mrs. Moishe Kooperman, née Sara Kozak and her granddaughter, Mrs. Thomas George Mapp née Jane Sara Cooperman (the name's spelling changed when the family came to America). Designed and made in Ukraine by Channah Kozak and her daughter...
Court presentation dress worn by donor Mrs. Charles S. Dewey when presented at the Court of St. James in 1927 while her husband was Assistant Secretary of the United States Treasury Department. This kind of dress, with its dropped waistline and...
Anita Carolyn Blair wore this dress to the debut of Gladys High in Chicago, a bold and possibly scandalous choice that would have upstaged the young woman hosting the party.
