Overview

Visit the Victorian Room and see the 1790 ballroom slippers worn by Miss Lucy Wilson, the new exhibit "Dressing a Victorian Woman," dresses from the 1800's, as well as purses, fans, and hats from centuries past.

Contact Information

40680 Hwy 41
Oakhurst, California 93644
United States

view phone 559-658-6999

view website https://www.kingvintagemuseum.org/

Description

The collection's oldest artifact is a pair of 1790 ballroom slippers which is part of a 400 piece collection of shoes. The collection includes over 700 dresses including over 50 wedding dresses with the oldest being a 1840 wedding dress that laces up the back. In the dress collection is a 1920 6 tier paper dress, a black beaded dress worn at Calvin Coolidge's Inaugural Ball in 1922 and a 1930 white sequined formal worn in Jean Harlow movie scenes. There are over 300 hats in the collection including an 1800 blue velvet hat with a dead bird on the brim. There is a corset display, a bodice owned by the granddaughter of Chief Justice John Marshall, an antique piano, and a 1800 human hair artistry corsage and collar. In the men's collection there is military uniforms from the Spanish American War, the Civil War, World War I and World War II. There are Civil War discharge papers and a Civil War sword. The children's collection includes carriages, dollhouses, a potty seat, dresses, christening gowns and lace pantaloons.