Object Details
Author
Curt Teich & Co
Subject
Polk, Sarah Childress
United States National Museum
First Ladies Hall
First Ladies Exhibit
Category
Historic Images of the Smithsonian
Notes
See Neg. 38062 for a description of her dress.
Sarah Childress Polk was the wife of President James K. Polk.
The postcard is numbered #4A-H2184. Genuine Curteich-Chicago "C.T. Photo-Colorit" Post Card. 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 SIA2013-06659 and SIA2013-06660.
Accession #03-140.
Summary
Postcard of a dress of Sarah Childress Polk, wife of President James K. Polk, 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. The dress is blue with brown embellishments. The mannequin is standing, holding a fan. 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
SIA2013-07225 (front) and SIA2013-07226 (back)
Restrictions & Rights
No restrictions
Type
Postcard
Linen
Physical description
Number of Images: 2; Color: Color; Size: 3.5w x 5.5h; Type of Image: Postcard; Medium: Linen
Place
United States
Data Source
Smithsonian Archives - History Div
Topic
Postcard
Presidents' spouses
First Ladies Gowns
First ladies
Clothing and dress
Museum exhibits
Exhibitions
Record ID
siris_sic_13800