Celebrities
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Laura Johnson collection
Collection
Identifier: KA-0021-01
Summary
Laura Johnson (died 2002) was a New York City socialite and wife of Saks Fifth Avenue executive F. Raymond Johnson. The collection is primarily comprised of photographic prints and press clippings documenting her extensive wardrobe of couture clothing and active social life between the 1950s and late 1990s.
Dates:
1958 - 1999; Majority of material found within 1960 - 1989
Found in:
The New School Archives
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Laura Johnson collection
Raymond Driscoll scrapbook and fashion sketches
Collection
Identifier: KA-0013-01
Summary
With a career that spanned the 1930s to the 1960s, Raymond Driscoll (1915-2004) was perhaps most widely known for his annual best and worst-dressed lists. He also gained recognition for his costume designs for Mexican film stars. The collection consists of Driscoll's scrapbook of photographs, clippings, invitations, and greeting cards from celebrities documenting his work in the 1940s and 1950s, as well as original fashion sketches.
Dates:
circa 1942 - 1961