{"id":3894,"date":"2013-06-25T08:30:04","date_gmt":"2013-06-25T08:30:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.lib.uconn.edu\/archives\/?p=3894"},"modified":"2013-06-25T14:00:26","modified_gmt":"2013-06-25T14:00:26","slug":"exhibit-opening-princess-for-a-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.lib.uconn.edu\/archives\/2013\/06\/25\/exhibit-opening-princess-for-a-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Exhibit opening: PRINCESS FOR A DAY"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_3900\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.lib.uconn.edu\/archives\/files\/2013\/06\/princess_small.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3900\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3900\" alt=\"Princess for a Day\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.lib.uconn.edu\/archives\/files\/2013\/06\/princess_small-300x284.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"284\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.lib.uconn.edu\/archives\/files\/2013\/06\/princess_small-300x284.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.lib.uconn.edu\/archives\/files\/2013\/06\/princess_small.jpg 598w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3900\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Princess for a Day<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Please join us for the formal opening of<\/p>\n<p>PRINCESS FOR A DAY: WEDDING GOWNS FROM 1860- 1960<\/p>\n<p>June 27, 2013 from 4 -6 pm in the Thomas J. Dodd Research Center.<\/p>\n<p>The gowns are on display in the John McDonald Reading Room<\/p>\n<p>from May 5th through August 31st, 2013.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Queen Victoria married Prince Albert in 1840 and was photographed in her white wedding gown of heavy silk satin woven at Spitalfields in East London.\u00a0 Her portrait was spread around the world and this exhibition shows the results of those wedding fashions traveling to America.\u00a0 Wedding gowns from UCONN\u2019s Historical Costume and Textile Collection give a look at a time in American history when the concept of weddings changed, following in the steps of the European Royals, hoping to live happily ever after.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>RSVP for opening reception\u00a0to: <a href=\"mailto:princessforadayuconn@gmail.com\">princessforadayuconn@gmail.com<\/a><\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Please join us for the formal opening of PRINCESS FOR A DAY: WEDDING GOWNS FROM 1860- 1960 June 27, 2013 from 4 -6 pm in the Thomas J. Dodd Research Center. The gowns are on display in the John McDonald &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.lib.uconn.edu\/archives\/2013\/06\/25\/exhibit-opening-princess-for-a-day\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":51,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9NKyO-10O","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.lib.uconn.edu\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3894"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.lib.uconn.edu\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.lib.uconn.edu\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.lib.uconn.edu\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/51"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.lib.uconn.edu\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3894"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.lib.uconn.edu\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3894\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3911,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.lib.uconn.edu\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3894\/revisions\/3911"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.lib.uconn.edu\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3894"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.lib.uconn.edu\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3894"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.lib.uconn.edu\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3894"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}