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She was Harriet T., married to Norman E. Mack (1858-1932) who was the publisher of the Buffalo Times was National Chairman of the Democratic Party Helen Herron, was of course married to William Taft Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helen_Herron_Taft

And this was taken at the Democratic National Convention of 1912 outside Baltimore's Fifth Regiment Armory. See adjacent photograph www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/3239319120/in/p... The man at right of frame in this photograph is wearing much the same convention regalia on his chest as is being worn by Justus Goebel in the linked photograph.

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Harriet T. Mack is also here: and here:

One wonders what Mrs. William Howard Taft -- first lady, wife of the Republican President of the U. S. -- was doing at the Democratic National Convention? Okay, I found the answer in this paragraph from her bio as first lady: "In July 1912, Nellie Taft again broke precedent when she attended the National Democratic Convention in Baltimore, becoming not only the first incumbent First Lady to attend a convention, but the only one to ever attend that of the opposition party. Although Taft was defeated by Democrat Woodrow Wilson, it was a partial success to Nellie Taft: her ambition as Election Day neared was to see Roosevelt defeated. The day before she left the White House, Nellie Taft's genuine view on suffrage made itself known: she ascended to a prominent place on a grandstand to review a parade of suffragists and encourage their demand of the incoming president to support a woman's right to vote." Here's another photo by Bain of the same group:

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Worn in 1961 then...

I wanted to know the designer of this one, and didn't find what I expected!
From www.pbs.org/newshour/inauguration/fashion.html:

She designed her gown herself and took it to Bergdorf Goodman to be made.

There's a photo on that site of what the dress looks like under the cape.




This image has been used in the indicommons.org "across the Commons" post Inaugurations.

(EDIT) ... and in the indicommons.org subcuration post Inaugurations Past and Present - a last piece of celebration.

I thought this was made by Oleg Cassini...and they discussed it together.

I was surprised to be reminded that Bergdorf made the piece. Perhaps, I did not know. I know that Mrs. Kennedy did not like Cassini's design for the coat she wore in the procession to the White House. It was too thin and contained less than needed padding. Cassini was by no doubt a good designer, but did not consider the personal and physical needs, as temperature, of the individual wearing his clothes.

Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt, Pres. Theodore Roosevelt's second wife and first lady. Judging that this is from the same set as a photo of Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt Jr., it is no earlier than 1910. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edith_Roosevelt

No, that would be Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt, Junior -- wife of the former President's son. She was the former Eleanor Butler Alexander. They were wed on June 20, 1910. This photo was taken on June 17, 1913. [Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt would have been 52 in 1913.]

Another Bain/LOC photo, taken the same day, shows a woman identified as Mrs. Roosevelt at the race track, :

New York society bluebloods in attendance at the horse races at Belmont Park, on June 17, 1913. A story in the New York Times on the 18th reported the roster of winners that day: query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?_r=1&res=9406E...