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Postcard of a Dress of Dolley Madison   Catalog:  Historic Images of the Smithsonian Title:  Postcard of a Dress of Dolley Madison Date:  1934 Author/Creator:  Curt Teich & Co. Contained In:  Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 84, Folder: 28 Summary:  Postcard of a dress of Dolley Madison at the U.S. National Museum, now the Arts and Industries Building. The dress is yellow with pink and floral embellishments. 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 mannequin is wearing a pink shawl and is reaching one of her hands out. An empty chair sits in the background. The message side is blank, and the card has white edging. Notes:  Dolley Madison was the wife of President James Madison (1809-1817). The postcard has misspelled her name as "Dolly." #4A-H2185. "C.T. Photo-Colorit," Made Only By Curt Teich & Co., Inc., Chicago, USA. 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. This postcard is located in Accession Number 13-204, which is part of Record Unit 95. Usage:  Restrictions: No restrictions Physical_Description:  Number of Images: 2; Color: Color; Size: 3.5w x 5.5h; Type of Image: Postcard; Medium: Linen Negative Number:  SIA2013-06653 (front) and SIA2013-06654 (back) Ordering Information:  For permission to reproduce or publish, and to order reproductions contact osiaref@si.edu or call 202-633-5941. Digital Reference:  Digital Copies:  SIA2013-06653.tif 1075 dpi SIA2013-06654.tif 1075 dpi Subject:  Madison, Dolley, 1768-1849 United States National Museum First Ladies Hall Arts and Industries Building National Collections First Ladies Exhibit Collections of Period Costumes c. 1900: United States National Musuem (Arts and Industries Building) Postcard Museum exhibits Exhibitions Clothing and dress Presidents' spouses -- United States First ladies First Ladies Gowns Form/Genre:  Postcard Linen Contact Information:  Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, SW, Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu Copy/Holding information Catalog   Historic Images of the Smithsonian Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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