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    • Boots

    • Boots
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    • 1883

    • Worn by Mrs. A. F. Ratray Grieg at Mrs. Potter Palmer's reception for the opening of her house on Lake Shore Drive. Mrs. Grieg was the daughter of David Rattray and Euretta Stuart who came to Illinois from New York in a covered wagon around 1837. ...
    • Brooch

    • Brooch

    • J. H. Leyson Co. (manufacturer)

    • 1893

    • This brooch was given to Mrs. Palmer to commemorate the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition. Its inscription, Oro y Plata, is the state motto for Montana. The nail contained within the pin was the final nail used in construction of the Exposition's...
    • Brooch

    • Brooch
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    • 1860

    • Belonged to mother of the donor.
    • Delphos

    • Delphos

    • Fortuny, Mariano, 1871-1949 (designer)

    • 1948

    • Worn by Mrs. Robert E. Carroll (née Harriet Bermingham, b. June 3, 1922 in Chicago; m. Sept. 27, 1950; d. Dec. 21, 1967). Mrs. Carroll purchased the dress in 1950 in New York City for her trousseau. The dress was initially sold twisted into a...
    • Dress

    • Dress

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

    • circa 1950

    • Worn by donor, Mrs. Gardner H. Stern, née Hanchen Strauss.
    • Dress

    • Dress

    • Vionnet, Madeleine, 1876-1975 (designer)

    • 1928

    • Worn by donor.
    • Dress

    • Dress

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

    • circa 1953

    • Object was donated and worn by dancer and choreographer Ruth Page (Mrs. Thomas Hart Fisher).
    • Dress

    • Dress

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

    • circa 1955
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    • Dress

    • Dress

    • James, Charles, 1906-1978 (designer); Samuel Winston Inc. (manufacturer)

    • 1951

    • This dress was initially designed as a ready-to-wear dress for production by Samuel Winston. The precisely placed seams allowed the garment to be tailored to the exact measurements of its wearer. Only one other version is known to still exist: ...
    • Dress and corsages

    • Dress and corsages
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    • 1880

    • Worn by donor's grandmother, Annie Louisa Libby on the occasion of her marriage to Mr. William French Burrows, September 7, 1880 and again by donor on June 13, 1942, on the occasion of her marriage to Mr. Lawrence Dawson.
    • Dress with train

    • Dress with train
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    • 1919

    • Worn by Gladys Miller (born 1893) to her wedding to Laban Jenkins Brady (born July 30, 1890) on November 8, 1919 in Chicago.
    • Ensemble: dress and stole

    • Ensemble: dress and stole
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    • 1931

    • Worn by donor while acting as Matron of Honor at the wedding of her brother and sister-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph L. Strauss, Jr., on June 14, 1931.
    • Ensemble: dress, jacket, and belt

    • Ensemble: dress, jacket, and belt

    • Schiaparelli, Elsa, 1890-1973 (designer); Cocteau, Jean, 1889-1963 (designer)

    • 1937

    • Worn by Mrs. Charles B. Goodspeed, née Elizabeth Barrett Fuller (1893-1980).
    • Ensemble: dress, jacket, and belt

    • Ensemble: dress, jacket, and belt
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    • 1944

    • Bridesmaid gown for the wedding of Mary Seymour Adams, daughter of donor, and George Berkely Young at St. James Episcopal Church, March 24, 1944. The bridesmaids were: Mrs. Cyrus Hall (Harriet Haynes) Adams III; Mrs. Gerald V. (Elizabeth Armour)...
    • Fan

    • Fan
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    • 1816

    • Used by Mrs. R. C. Fisk at her wedding April 4, 1816. Worn with wedding shoes - 1991.580.3a-b. Mrs. Fisk is Mr. Bennet B. Harvey Jr.'s great-great-grandmother.

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