Dress
2017.0120.004
from the collection of
Creation Date
1969Dimensions
29.5 in. W x 55.5 in. L Item (Overall)
Width measured at the hem.
Description
Dress is an empire waist evening dress with a pink bottom and lace long sleeved top and a green satin belt. There are ruffles at the neck and wrists, and a zipper in the back. Donated by Tamara Chaney Truer of Minneapolis. Tamara was a former board president at the Hennepin History Museum. She wore the dress in January 1969 at Nixon's innaugural ball in Washington DC. Her father, Buana Chaney, was an Indiana Representative.Truer, Tamara Chaney Chaney, Buena