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Sketches of Eleanor Wilson’s Bridal Looks, Charlotte Daily Observer

Sketches of Eleanor Wilson’s Bridal Looks, Charlotte Daily Observer

Iconic New York Times fashion editor Harry-dele Hallmark, who wrote under the pseudonym Anne Rittenhouse, was the sole press member allowed to preview Eleanor’s final fitting in the White House. Rittenhouse and her team of artists made sketches of the looks, including the wedding gown in the lower right corner, her mother Ellen Wilson’s chiffon and lace dress in the top left, and the bridesmaids’ dresses of pink and blue tulle-covered crepe pictured in the center.

Date of Work
May 10, 1914
Medium
Newspaper
Credit
NewsBank/Readex