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- "Ike" Dress, Worn by Elizabeth Chambers Firestone during the Dwight Eisenhower Campaign, 1952 -
- 1952
- Collections - Artifact
"Ike" Dress, Worn by Elizabeth Chambers Firestone during the Dwight Eisenhower Campaign, 1952
- Pajamas, Worn by Elizabeth Parke Firestone, circa 1937 -
- circa 1937
- Collections - Artifact
Pajamas, Worn by Elizabeth Parke Firestone, circa 1937
- Richard Nixon Campaign Sash, 1968 - Richard M. Nixon was a three-time Republican Party presidential nominee. In 1960, he narrowly lost to John F. Kennedy--and it appeared his political career was over. In 1968, however, as TV news depicted grim images of war and violence, this slogan assured voters that they could turn to Nixon as a capable and trustworthy leader. Nixon won the election.
- 1968
- Collections - Artifact
Richard Nixon Campaign Sash, 1968
Richard M. Nixon was a three-time Republican Party presidential nominee. In 1960, he narrowly lost to John F. Kennedy--and it appeared his political career was over. In 1968, however, as TV news depicted grim images of war and violence, this slogan assured voters that they could turn to Nixon as a capable and trustworthy leader. Nixon won the election.
- Evening Dress, Worn by Elizabeth Parke Firestone, 1950 - Elizabeth Parke Firestone, wife of tire magnate Harvey S. Firestone, Jr., cultivated a refined sense of fashion through years of interest in clothing design and collaboration with world-renowned couturiers. Firestone favored blues and preferred pinks and fuchsias over true reds. She purchased this pale blue gown with heavy embroidery and a fuchsia sash from the well-known Paris design house of Cristobal Balenciaga.
- 1950
- Collections - Artifact
Evening Dress, Worn by Elizabeth Parke Firestone, 1950
Elizabeth Parke Firestone, wife of tire magnate Harvey S. Firestone, Jr., cultivated a refined sense of fashion through years of interest in clothing design and collaboration with world-renowned couturiers. Firestone favored blues and preferred pinks and fuchsias over true reds. She purchased this pale blue gown with heavy embroidery and a fuchsia sash from the well-known Paris design house of Cristobal Balenciaga.