Prom Dress
date: label: date made
content: 1956
notes: label: Description
content: This flowered prom dress was worn by Josephine Boyd Carpenter in 1956. The white empire-waist dress has short sleeves, a ruffled belt-line, and rings of white and purple flowers. Josephine donated her dress along with her grandfather’s John Covert Boyd’s papers to the museum in 1993. Dr. John Covert Boyd (1850-1924) was a renowned surgeon who served as the medical director of the United States Navy and on the Board of Incorporators of the American Red Cross.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Home and Community Life: Costume
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content: Clothing & Accessories
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content: American Enterprise
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Josephine Boyd Carpenter
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1993.0022.008
label: accession number
content: 1993.0022
label: catalog number
content: 1993.0022.8
objectType: label: Object Name
content: dress, 2-piece