Postcard of a Dress of Martha Washington

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Object Details

Author

Curt Teich & Co

Subject

Washington, Martha 1731-1802

United States National Museum

First Ladies Hall

First Ladies Exhibit

Notes

Martha Washington was the wife of President George Washington.

See Neg. 91-3682 for a description of her dress.

The postcard is numbered #4A-H2186. Genuine Cureich-Chicago "C.T. Photo-Colorit." Curt Otto Teich (1877-1974), a German immigrant, founded Curt Teich & Co., which was a postcard printing company that operated from 1898 to 1978. The company specialized in view and advertising postcards, and was the largest volume printer of this type in the world from the 1920s to the 1940s. C.T. Photo-Colorit was a printing process used by Curt Teich & Co.

For another version of this postcard, see Negatives SIA2013-06655 and SIA2013-06656.

For a postcard with the image in grayscale, produced by The Albertype Company, see Negatives SIA2013-07793 and SIA2013-07794.

Summary

Postcard of a dress of Martha Washington, wife of President George Washington, at the U.S. National Museum, now the Arts and Industries Building. It was part of the Collection of Period Costumes exhibit in the Arts and Industries Building and is now part of the First Ladies collection at the National Museum of American History. A mannequin is sitting in a chair wearing the dress, which appears pink in color, wrapped in a yellow shawl. The message side is unused. The front of the postcard has white edging.

Contained within

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 45, Folder: 24

Contact information

Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, SW, Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu

Date

1934

Standard number

SIA2013-07223 (front) and SIA2013-07224 (back)

Restrictions & Rights

No restrictions

Type

Postcard

Linen

Physical description

Number of Images: 2; Color: Color; Size: 2.5w x 5.5h; Type of Image: Postcard; Medium: Linen

Place

United States

Data Source

Smithsonian Archives - History Div

Topic

Postcard

Clothing and dress

Museum exhibits

Exhibitions

Presidents' spouses

First Ladies Gowns

Metadata Usage

Usage conditions apply

Record ID

siris_sic_13799