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Twenty-Fifth Wedding Anniversary Dress with Jacket, Worn by Elizabeth Parke Firestone, 1946
Carrie Munn (Firm)1946
The Henry Ford
Dearborn, MI, United States
Elizabeth Parke Firestone, wife of tire magnate Harvey S. Firestone, Jr., cultivated a refined sense of fashion. Her fashion choices not only reflected her years of interest in clothing design and collaboration with world-renowned couturiers, but also highlighted her family's social standing. Firestone wore this jacketed dress -- by American designer Carrie Munn -- to her 25th wedding anniversary celebration at New York's Ritz Hotel.
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- Title: Twenty-Fifth Wedding Anniversary Dress with Jacket, Worn by Elizabeth Parke Firestone, 1946
- Creator: Carrie Munn (Firm)
- Date: 1946-06-25
- Date Created: 1946
- Location: United States, New York, New York
- Subject Keywords: Firestone, Elizabeth Parke, 1897-1990, Ritz-Carlton Hotel (New York, N.Y.), Wedding anniversaries, Parties (Events), Dresses (Garments), Evening dresses (Garments), Jackets (Garments), Women's clothing, Clothing
- Type: Objects
- Contributor: The Henry Ford
- Original Source: Digital Collections
- Object Name: Evening dress (Garment)
- Object ID: 92.263.227
- Image ID: THF29738
- Credit: From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Mrs. William Clay Ford, Mrs. John F. Ball, and Mrs. William Leatherman.
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