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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. ...
    • 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

    • Halston International (designer)

    • circa 1975

    • Worn by donor, Mrs. John Swearingen.
    • 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

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

    • circa 1976

    • Worn by donor, née Lynne Walker (born 1928, married July 19, 1969 to Leo Durocher). Worn with silver sandals, diamond and pearl jewelry, and fur wrap to the Chicago Lyric Opera opening in 1976 and the Big Brothers Charity Ball at the Casino Club,...
    • Dress

    • Dress

    • Valentina, ca.1899-1989 (designer)

    • 1934

    • Worn by Mrs. Walter Paepcke, née Elizabeth Nitze (1902-94).
    • Dress

    • Dress

    • Chanel, Coco, 1883-1971 (designer)

    • 1931

    • Worn by Miss Jeannette Lawrence Young (1901-89).
    • Dress

    • Dress

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

    • 1972

    • Worn by donor, née Barbara Davis, on the occasion of her marriage to Mr. Thomas F. Frey on December 2, 1972. The dress was purchased in November, 1972 at the Miss Dior boutique in Paris, France.
    • Dress

    • Dress
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    • 1874

    • Worn by Mrs. Robert S. Elder, née Harriet Newell Dewey, mother of the donors, to her wedding in 1874.
    • Dress

    • Dress

    • Chaumont, Marcelle, b. 1871 (designer)

    • circa 1938

    • Worn by donor, Mrs. Howard Linn.
    • Dress

    • Dress

    • Lucile (Firm) (designer)

    • 1916

    • Worn by Katherine Keith at her marriage to David Adler on June 1, 1916.
    • Dress

    • Dress

    • E.E. Holland (manufacturer)

    • 1887

    • Worn by Alice Minard Barbour, mother of donor, at her marriage to William Cleaveland Bodman.
    • Dress

    • Dress

    • House of Worth (Firm) (designer)

    • 1892

    • Court presentation dress worn by Bertha Honoré Palmer.
    • 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 and slip

    • Dress and slip

    • Vionnet, Madeleine, 1876-1975 (designer)

    • 1938

    • Court presentation dress worn by Mrs. Potter Palmer II, née Pauline Kohlsaat (1882-1956).
    • Dress and slip

    • Dress and slip
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    • 1910

    • 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.
    • 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.
    • Dress with wrap

    • Dress with wrap

    • Balenciaga, Cristobal, 1895-1972 (designer)

    • 1961

    • Worn by Mrs. George Connor. Worn for the last time by model Shelley MacArthur in 1985 Chicago Historical Society Donor's Ball Fashion Show.
    • Dress, train, headdress and hair decorations

    • Dress, train, headdress and hair decorations

    • 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...

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