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• May 13, 2015
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Elizabeth Parke Firestone

Elizabeth Parke, the daughter of a prosperous Decatur, Illinois, businessman, was an adventurous young women who had studied in Europe. She married Harvey S. Firestone, Jr., in 1921, and continued to travel frequently for both business and pleasure. Elizabeth enjoyed trekking through jungles and sleeping in grass huts in exotic locales as much as she relished dining in sumptuous hotels with royalty.

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Handbag, Used by Elizabeth Parke Firestone

• 1920-1990
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Pajamas, Worn by Elizabeth Parke Firestone

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Pumps, Worn by Elizabeth Parke Firestone

• June 25, 1921
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Elizabeth Parke Firestone's Wedding Shoes, 1921

• 1956
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Suit, Worn by Elizabeth Parke Firestone, 1956

• circa 1927
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Portrait of Elizabeth Parke Firestone, circa 1927

• 1963
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Shoes, Worn by Elizabeth Parke Firestone, 1963

• 1947
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Dress, Worn by Elizabeth Parke Firestone, 1947

Elizabeth Parke Firestone, wife of tire magnate Harvey S. Firestone, Jr., cultivated a refined sense of fashion. Her fashion choices not only reflected her interest in clothing design and collaboration with world-renowned couturiers, but also highlighted her family's social standing. Firestone wore this dress -- by American designer Carrie Munn -- to her daughter Martha and William Clay Ford's wedding rehearsal dinner.

• 1926
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Dress, Worn by Elizabeth Parke Firestone, 1926