President and Mrs. Eisenhower at the First Ladies Gowns Exhibit

There are restrictions for re-using this image. For more information, visit the Smithsonian's Terms of Use page .

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more.

View manifest View in Mirador Viewer

Object Details

Author

Unknown

Subject

Eisenhower, Dwight D (Dwight David) 1890-1969

Eisenhower, Mamie Doud 1896-

Arts and Industries Building

United States National Museum

Exhibits Modernization Program United States National Museum

First Ladies Hall

National Collections

National Museum of American History (U.S.) (NMAH)

United States President

First Ladies Exhibit

Notes

Original negative number is 1494, but that negative has been lost.

Summary

"As President [Dwight David] Eisenhower turns away laughing, his wife [Mamie Eisenhower] also grins as she takes a closer look at the wedding gown she wore July 1, 1916, when she married the Chief Executive. The President and his wife, helping officially to open a 'First Lady's' inaugural gown exhibit at the Smithsonian Institution May 24, walked to a nearby alcove to see the wedding gown on display." The new First Ladies Gowns exhibit in the Arts and Industries Building was part of the Exhibits Modernization Program.

Contained within

Smithsonian Institution Archives Record Unit 95 Box 56 Folder 32

Contact information

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

Date

1955

Standard number

2002-10613

Restrictions & Rights

No restrictions

Type

Photographic print

Physical description

Color: Black and White; Size: 9w x 7h; Type of Image: Event; Medium: Photographic print

Place

United States

Data Source

Smithsonian Archives - History Div

Topic

Artifacts

Celebrities and Dignitaries

Clothing and dress

Costumes

Exhibitions

First Ladies Gowns

Gifts

Mannequins (figures)

Museum mannequins

Museum visitors

Openings

Event

Presidents' spouses

Women

Women--History

Metadata Usage

Usage conditions apply

Record ID

siris_sic_9981