MEMORABILIA CORNER: JUDY GARLAND

Here is a wonderful wedding gown worn by Judy Garland in the much-loved 1946 MGM musical classic The Harvey Girls. The gown is a creme-colored (Hollywood white) silk wedding gown with ornate puffy shoulders, lace sleeves and lace trim on the front. A handwritten cloth label sewn into the zipper lining reads “1348-9123 Judy Garland”

Garland played Susan Bradley in this film classic that tells the story of a mail order bride who makes her way out west under a mistaken offer of marriage and instead joins a group of young women who are opening a Harvey House in the wild west.