There's actually one more - the "Treasures of American History" exhibit
at the Air and Space Museum has Jackie Kennedy's inaugural gown, Sandra
Day O'Connor's judicial robes, a dress of Mary Todd Lincoln's (I can't
remember off the top of my head if that was an inaugural gown, or
another), a dress belonging to Margaret Mead (specially made to
accomodate her changing dress size every time that she went out on her
expeditions), a pair of Marilyn Monroe's gloves (and a pair of Mohammad
Ali's boxing gloves), Andrew Jackson's uniform, an outfit of Ray
Charles' (gold sequins on black - I suspect they figured the brighter
jackets that were on display a year or two ago wouldn't look right in
with the other items on display in that area), George Washington's
uniform (dress uniform, dating from *after* the American Revolution), a
(buffalo?) skin coat belonging to Gen. Custer, a *bunch* of hats dating
from the mid 1800s to present-day... a poofy shirt from "Seinfeld", Mr.
Roger's sweater (one of... reminds me I need to drop the curator a note
about that...)..
and currently a wedding kimono that belonged to a Japanese immigrant to
Hawaii.
Hmm... oh, I forgot, the scarecrow costume from the "Wizard of Oz",
Dorothy's red shoes, a *gorgeous* Oscar de la Renta (sp?) gown (can't
imagine painting and attaching all those gold covered feathers!)...
I think that's it - - I've got *most* of the collection memorized at
this point, but I do tend to forget parts. (*g* forgot one of the guns
when I listed them to a visitor this morning - had to find him again to
tell him it was *four* rather than three... and that pike and sword to
round off the weapons on display). I volunteer as a docent with the
Museum of American History - currently only working in that exhibit once
a month, while the museum's closed for renovation.
Yup - I'm in the DC area - ish - also, but closer to Baltimore. I'd
love to get together with folks if there's a get-together, but with two
kids and other stuff going on, spare time that "works" with others is
rare. One reason I'm always happy to see those who stop by at MDRF when
they do :-)
-Liz / Elisabeth
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