Name/Title
I Magnin Wedding Gown and Veil in box, of Lois Jean Smith Hoffman, 1947Entry/Object ID
2004.125.1Description
ACC. NO. 04.125.1 A, B, C
SUBJECT OR CATEGORY: CLOTHING
DATE OR PERIOD: 1947
OBJECT: WEDDING APPAREL
DESCRIPTION:
A. WEDDING GOWN. A FULL-LENGTH WHITE-COLORED SATIN WEDDING GOWN WITH TRAIN. COWL COLLAR WITH INSET OF NETTING. BACK AND SLEEVES HAVE SELF-COVERED BUTTONS. A SLIGHT BUSTLE ADORNS THE GOWN. NO DRESS LABEL APPEARS ON GOWN.
B. CROWN AND VEIL. FLOWER BUDS IN AN OFF-WHITE COLOR ARE ATTACHED TO WIRES THAT ARE WOUND IN PALE GREEN-COLORED SILK THREAD. GOWN AND VEIL COST $275.00.
C. ORIGINAL BOX IN WHICH GOWN WAS PURCHASED; BOX IN TWO SHADES OF LAVENDER. COVER HAS A DECORATIVE DESIGN WITH THE NAME "I. MAGNIN & CO."
SIZE: L 25-1/4" x W 14-1/2"
HISTORY OF OBJECTS: WEDDING GOWN OF LOIS JEAN SMITH HOFFMAN, REAL ESTATE BROKER. WEDDING WAS PERFORMED ON SEPTEMBER 11, 1947 IN CHRIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH (WHICH BURNED DOWN IN 1960). LOIS' FATHER WAS CHARLES SMITH, PLUMBER, AND GRANDDAUGHTER OF CHARLES AND LILLIAN SMITH WHO CAME TO ALAMEDA IN 1907 WHERE THE PLUMBING BUSINESS WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1927 ON 1250 PARK STREET.
DONOR: LOIS J. HOFFMAN,
CATALOGED: NOVEMBER 13, 2004
* REMOVED DUE TO WEAR AND DAMAGE ON 10/3/14
