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    • Corset

    • Corset
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    • 1898

    • Part of Frances Glessner's trousseau for her marriage to Blewett Lee, February 9, 1898 at 1800 Prairie Avenue, Chicago, Illinois.
    • Corset

    • Corset
    •  

    • 1874

    • Worn on occasion of marriage by donor's mother, Mrs. John Jay Bryant, née Matilda Miller.
    • Dress

    • Dress

    • Halston, 1932-1990 (designer); I. Magnin & Co. (distributor)

    • circa 1977

    • Worn by donor, née Abra Prentice, born on July 30, 1942, married on September 14, 1968, and divorced in 1976.
    • Dress

    • Dress

    • Marshall Field & Company (distributor)

    • 1928

    • Frances Lee purchased this dress from the custom bridal salon at Marshall Field & Co. The wedding was located at the Glessner's Prairie Avenue mansion on Chicago's South Side.
    • Dress

    • Dress

    • Blum's Vogue (Chicago, Ill.) (designer)

    • 1927

    • Hanchen Strauss and Gardner H. Stern (b. ca. 1904), both native Chicagoans, were married on February 12, 1927. The dress was purchased from Blum's Vogue in Chicago.
    • Dress

    • Dress

    • Pierre Cardin (Firm) (designer)

    • circa 1972

    • Worn by Mrs. Solomon Byron Smith, née Barbara Neff.
    • Dress with detachable train

    • Dress with detachable train

    • Madame Schubert (designer)

    • 1923

    • Worn by the donor, Doris Gunderson, on the occasion of her marriage to Chester A. Normann September 29, 1923.
    • Ensemble: jacket and skirt

    • Ensemble: jacket and skirt

    • Adrian, 1903-1959 (designer); Marshall Field & Company (distributor)

    • 1948

    • Worn by Mrs. Bliss née Sherl Becker (b. October 19, 1909) for business occasions during the day. Mrs. Bliss wore the dress with a chartreuse blouse and black shoes.
    • Ensemble: jacket, skirt

    • Ensemble: jacket, skirt

    • Dior, Christian (designer); Christian Dior, Inc. (designer)

    • 1951

    • From Dior's 1949 "New Look" collection.
    • Overcoat

    • Overcoat

    • Liberty & Co. (designer)

    • 1923

    • Worn by donor, Mrs. Charles F. Batchelder, née Martha Lee. Bought for the donor by her mother and sister from their trip to Europe in 1923.

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