1907 Wedding Dress Restored for 100th Anniversary

Deseret News (Salt Lake City) › March 02, 2007

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Mary Meux only wore the dazzling gown once. But that single day - - nearly 100 years ago -- was enough to give the dress a magical life that has transcended time and thrust it into a permanent place of honor in the Meux Home Museum in Fresno, Calif.

It all began the evening of Oct. 29, 1907, when Mary Meux married Harry E. Barbour in the parlor of her parents' house, now the Meux Home Museum.

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1907 Wedding Dress Restored for 100th Anniversary

"Everyone felt quite convinced that Miss Meux would be a beautiful bride, but none were quite prepared for the loveliness of her bridal finery, whic...

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