Evening gown worn by Miss Minnesota

Titles: Evening gown worn by Miss Minnesota (Supplied title)

Description: Ash-blue rayon faille strapless evening gown with a draped apron effect. Worn by Beatrice Bella (BeBe) Shopp, as Miss Minnesota, for Miss America evening gown competition (9/10/1948) and while being crowned Miss America 1948.

Dates

• Exactly 1948 (Use)

Creation

• retailed by: Cook's, Inc.
• owned/used by: Shopp, Bebe

Identifiers

• Accession Number: 1995.65.1

Credit: Minnesota Historical Society Collections, Gift of Beatrice Shopp Waring

Notes

• Dress is pictured in image Collection I.86.2. View image at http://collections.mnhs.org/cms/display.php?irn=10465879.

Holding Type: 3D Objects

Quantity: 1 item

Format

• Content Category: artifacts

Measurements

• 34 inches circumference (bust)
• 28 1/2 inches circumference (waist)
• 39 inches circumference (hip)

Subjects

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