Roy's Postcards: 1983/11/06

Inscription:

I visited the Gowns of the First Ladies exhibit at the National Museum of American History today and saw this lovely wedding gown.

Postcard back:

Wedding dress worn by Harriet Lane Johnston, niece of President James Buchanan and First Lady of the White House 1857-1861. The dress is shown in the Victorian Room, First Ladies Hall.

See also: smithsonian



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