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Dress
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Dress

Original OwnerOriginally owned by Mary Frances Pope American, 1921 - 1996
Dateabout 1968
MediumSilk
ClassificationsCostume
Credit LineGift of George W. Cheney III, Katherine Cheney Chappell, and Mary Cheney Nelson
Object number1997.108.35
MarkingsTwo labels: "Philip Hulitar" and "Lucy Baltzell Shop/ HARTFORD".NotesHistorical Note: According to museum records, Mary Frances Pope Cheney wore this dress to the 1968 Holly Ball in Hartford, Connecticut.

Date note: The date is based on the year Mary Frances Pope Cheney wore the dress to the Holly Ball. The purchase date of the dress and the date it was made are unknown. Philip Hulitar retired in 1964.
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Mary Frances Pope
about 1920-1935
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