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Collection: Digital Dress Collection Collection: The Henry Ford Historic Costume Collection Subject: Dresses Collection: Digital Dress Collection Date: 1949 Date: 1948 Subject: Evening Dresses Content Type: Image Subject: Women's clothing Collection: The Henry Ford Historic Costume Collection Date: 1948-
Dress with Stole, about 1948
Elizabeth Parke Firestone wore this dress at a holiday party for the Princeton Club of Akron, Ohio on December 20, 1949. Born in Decatur, Illinois in 1897 Elizabeth Parke married Harvey S. Firestone Jr., son of Firestone Tire and Rubber Company founder Harvey S. Firestone, in 1921.Once described by a friend as, "the most luxurious woman in the history of luxury," Elizabeth Parke Firestone's clothing collection illustrates her impeccable taste in fashion.