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Unveiled: Wedding Dress of the Week

Carol Thomas wedding

Carol Thomas (nee Gifford) wearing her parachute silk and lace wedding dress, 1946. Photographer unknown. Gift of the Thomas Family, 2011, Te Papa.

Carol Thomas (nee Gifford) wearing her parachute silk and lace wedding dress, 1946. Photographer unknown. Gift of the Thomas Family, 2011, Te Papa.

Carol Thomas (nee Gifford) wearing her parachute silk and lace wedding dress, 1946. Photographer unknown. Gift of the Thomas Family, 2011, Te Papa.

Parachute silk wedding dress, 1947. Collection of the Smithsonian - National Museum of American History. Gift of Claude E. and Ruth L. Hensinger.

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