Wedding dress. Cream-colored silk or rayon satin wedding gown with train. 27" waist, 12 1/2" shoulder, 57" long in front and 89" long in back, includes train. Princess-style with sweetheart neckline, 3 pleats each sidei on bodice. Lace yoke and top of sleeves. Sleeves 25" long to wrist. Two-button closure at wrists. (One button missing) Sleeves puffed at shoulder. Small pads under puff. Row of satin-covered buttons down back, nape to waist. Three V-shaped lace inserts in train. History: Worn by Mary Esther Rutherford on occassion of her marriage to Edwin Frank Joseph Beveridge in Bakersfield, Kern County, California. May 25, 1940. (Women's Wedding Dresses)
