Worn by the donor (née Louise de Marigny Dewey) at her wedding to Edward Byron Smith on May 23, 1934. The wedding was considered one of the most important events of the 1934 spring wedding season. Louise de Marigny Dewey was born on November 28,...
Worn by donor, née Grace Dickerman Vogel on the occasion of her first marriage to Michael Hartman Finnell on September 11, 1954 at St. Charles Episcopal Church in Milwaukee, WI. The dress was designed by Priscilla of Boston to incorporate lace...
Worn by donor's mother Elise Marie Roach (born February 19, 1921) at her wedding to John Edward Cummens at the Chicago Lawn Methodist Church (63rd Street and St. Louis Avenue) on October 15, 1941. She purchased the dress at a shop near the...
Rodgers, Shannon, 1911-1996 (designer); Jerry Silverman (distributor); Adolfo Inc. (creator)
1969
Worn by donor, née Lawrie Bowes, on February 1, 1969 to her wedding with Edward Reilly Weed. The wedding took place at Quigley Seminary Chapel, Chicago and the reception at the Woman's Athletic Club, Chicago. The dress was designed for donor as a...
Worn by Mrs. Angelo Richard Arena, née Alice Paluzuelos, to the opening of the Marshall Field & Co. store in Houston, Texas in November, 1980; to the opening of the Lyric Opera in September, 1981; to dinner honoring Princess Margaret at the Casino...
