BGuthrie Photos: DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: First Ladies

DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: First Ladies:

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1. SIAH1L_180117_01.JPG: Melania Trump Melania Trump's Inaugural Gown, 2017 Vanilla silk crepe off-the-shoulder gown with a slit skirt, ruffled accent trump from neckline to hem, and a claret ribbon around the waist designed by Herve Pierre in collaboration with Melania Trump.
2. SIAH1L_180117_19.JPG: Melania Trump (2017-) Originally from Slovenia, Melania Trump became a United States citizen in 2006. She is the only naturalized citizen to serve as first lady. During her first months in this role she has hosted foreign heads of state, traveled to visit victims of hurricanes, welcomed Americans to the White House, accompanied the president on diplomatic trips, and paid special attention to children in visits to schools and hospitals at home and abroad. In September, Melania Trump represented the United States in her first solo trip abroad when she traveled to the Invictus Games in Canada.
3. SIAH1L_180117_32.JPG: Michelle Robinson Obama, 2009-2017 Michelle Obama's Inaugural Gown, 2009
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Description of Subject Matter: The First Ladies
November 19, 2011 – Indefinitely
Learn how first ladies have shaped the role of first lady as the role of women in society evolved. On view are more than two dozen gowns, including those worn by Michelle Obama, Laura Bush, Barbara Bush, Nancy Reagan, and Jacqueline Kennedy. Four cases provide in-depth looks at Dolley Madison, Mary Todd Lincoln, Edith Roosevelt, and Lady Bird Johnson and their contributions to their husband’s presidential administrations.
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2018 photos: Equipment this year: I continued to use my Fuji XS-1 cameras but, depending on the event, I also used a Nikon D7000. Trips this year: Civil War Trust conferences in Greenville, NC, Newport News, VA, and my farewell event with them in Chicago, IL (via sites in Louisville, KY, St. Louis, MO, and Toledo, OH), three trips to New York City (including New York Comic-Con), and my 13th consecutive trip to San Diego Comic-Con (including sites in Reno, Sacramento, San Francisco, and Los Angeles). Number of photos taken this year: about 535,000.
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