Dress worn by Marie Monroe of Rosewood, Florida
date: label: Date
content: 1923
name: label: Created by
content: Unidentified
label: Worn by
content: Marie Monroe, American, 1905 - 1923
notes: label: Caption
content: This dress belonged to Marie Monroe, a young woman who lived in Rosewood, Florida, during the 1923 Rosewood Massacre.
label: Description
content: A green and cream checked A-line dress with black trimmings worn by Marie Monroe. The dress has a split-front neckline with a folded collar and straight-cut fitted sleeves that end below the elbow. The body of the dress is blousy and has a drop waist and pleated skirt with the hem falling mid-calf. The dress is made from a semi-sheer light green fabric with darker green and cream woven checks. Black woven tape is sewn in a rectangle around the split-neck, on the edges of the collar, in double lines on the cuffs of each sleeve, and around the drop waistline. The waist is scalloped, with two bottom points on the front and back at each side. The skirt has a box pleat extending from each of these points. The dress has no closure method, it slips on over the wearer's head. It is not lined.
place: label: Place used
content: Rosewood, Levy County, Florida, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: American South
label: Topic
content: Clothing and dress
label: Topic
content: Communities
label: Topic
content: Families
label: Topic
content: Race riots
label: Topic
content: Violence
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Clothing - Fashion and Historical
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Sherry Sherrod DuPree
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2016.36
objectType: label: Type
content: dresses
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: No Known Copyright Restrictions
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: rayon
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (on form): 49 × 21 1/2 × 13 in. (124.5 × 54.6 × 33 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (flat): 50 × 17 in. (127 × 43.2 cm)