[Gates of Paradise]

Photograph of the baptistry doors (Gates of Paradise) in Florence, Italy. The gilded bronze doors fill the frame. A low metal fence is visible in front of the doors. The Baptistry of St. John or Florence Baptistry is located in the Piazza del Duomo.
Date: 1953
Creator: Gough, Ray
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Giotto's Campanile]

Photograph of Giotto's Campanile in the Piazza del Duomo in Florence, Italy. In the foreground, the bell tower (campanile) is visible with part of the Duomo and another building on the right side of the tower. Power lines intersect the foreground and background. Other buildings are visible in the background.
Date: 1953
Creator: Gough, Ray
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Florence]

Photograph of a streetscape in Florence, Italy. People and cars fill the lower foreground. A building is visible behind the cars.
Date: 1953
Creator: Gough, Ray
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Basilica di Santa Maria del Fiore]

Photograph of the side view of the Basilica di Santa Maria del Fiore (Duomo) and bell tower in Florence, Italy. The side of the Duomo and bell tower fill the frame with intersecting power lines in the foreground.
Date: 1953
Creator: Gough, Ray
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Basilica di Santa Maria del Fiore]

Photograph of the Basilica di Santa Maria del Fiore (Duomo) in Florence Italy. A detail view of the building fills the frame. A lamp post intersects the building on the right side of the frame.
Date: 1953
Creator: Gough, Ray
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Loggia dei Lanzi]

Photograph of the Loggia dei Lanzi in Florence, Italy. In the foreground, one archway of the loggia is visible with two statues underneath the archway silhouetted by the light from the piazza. The Piazza della Signoria is visible in the background with surrounding buildings.
Date: 1953
Creator: Gough, Ray
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Piazza della Signoria]

Photograph of the Piazza della Signoria in front of the Palazzo Vecchio in Florence, Italy. In the foreground, the side of the building is visible on the right side of the frame; three statues are visible on pedestals in the piazza as well as numerous people. Sunlit buildings are visible in the background.
Date: 1953
Creator: Gough, Ray
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Palazzo Vecchio]

Photograph of the Palazzo Vecchio in Florence, Italy. The photograph was taken from the Palazzo degli Uffizi looking down the courtyard between the two wings towards the Palazzo Vecchio. The sides of the Uffizi frame the foreground with the side view of the Palazzo Vecchi in the background.
Date: 1953
Creator: Gough, Ray
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Giotto's Campanile]

Photograph of the Duomo Bell Tower (Giotto's Campanile) in Florence, Italy. Two buildings frame the foreground. The bell tower and part of the Duomo are seen between the two buildings in the background. The bell tower was designed by Giotto di Bondone.
Date: 1953
Creator: Gough, Ray
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Cemetery]

Photograph of a cemetery in Florence, Italy. In the foreground, numerous grave markers and a concrete path are visible; more graves are visible in the background ascending up the hillside; trees and buildings are visible in the far background.
Date: 1953
Creator: Gough, Ray
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[White Crosses]

Photograph of a cemetery in Florence, Italy. In the foreground, two white crosses (grave markers) are visible. The crosses sit in front of a small metal structure. More grave markers and tall trees are visible in the background.
Date: 1953
Creator: Gough, Ray
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Cemetery]

Photograph of a cemetery in Florence, Italy. In the foreground, numerous grave markers are visible; a line of tall trees and distant hillside are visible in the background.
Date: 1953
Creator: Gough, Ray
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Mausoleums]

Photograph of a cemetery in Florence, Italy. In the foreground, three mausoleums are visible. The front mausoleum is ornately decorated with carved figures, columns, and a dome roof. A tall line of trees and distant hills are visible in the background.
Date: 1953
Creator: Gough, Ray
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[St. Minias on the Mountain]

Photograph of the Church of St. Minias on the Mountain in Florence, Italy. In the foreground, three figures are visible in front of the church. Only the right door of the church is open. Clouds are visible in the background.
Date: 1953
Creator: Gough, Ray
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Italian Cemetery]

Photograph of a cemetery in Florence, Italy. Two trees are visible on each side of the photograph. In the foreground, men and women with flowers walk on the path in front of the cemetery wall. The wall is lined with stacked graves. A mausoleum is centered in the wall of graves.
Date: 1953
Creator: Gough, Ray
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[View of the Baptistry]

Photograph of the Baptistry in front of the Duomo in Florence, Italy. In the foreground, the heads of numerous people are visible but out of focus in the bottom of the frame. The edges of two buildings are visible on either side of the frame. Between the buildings, the Baptistry is visible with the Duomo behind it.
Date: 1953
Creator: Gough, Ray
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Basilica di San Lorenzo]

Photograph of the rear of a church in Florence, Italy. In the foreground, a seated statue on a pedestal is visible next to the top of an umbrella. The rear nave of the church, part of the dome, and one bell tower are visible in the background.
Date: 1953
Creator: Gough, Ray
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Neptune Statue]

Photograph of the statue of Neptune located outside of the Doge's Palace in Venice, Italy. The figure of Neptune holds a dolphin in his left hand. The carved facade of the palazzo is visible behind Neptune. The statue was created by Jacopo Sansovino in the sixteenth century.
Date: 1953
Creator: Gough, Ray
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Basilica di Santa Maria della Salute]

Photograph of the Basilica di Santa Maria della Salute in Venice, Italy. The basilica is visible in the middle ground surrounded by canals on both sides. A cluster of buildings is visible in the right foreground. Buildings on the other side of the Grand Canal are visible in the background.
Date: 1953
Creator: Gough, Ray
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Arcade]

Photograph of an arcade in Venice, Italy. Three people are visible in the foreground underneath the shaded arcade. More people are visible in the open piazza in the background.
Date: 1953
Creator: Gough, Ray
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

Cocktail Dress

Cocktail dress of fuschia (cranberry) silk with black feather print; bodice has round neckline and three-quarter length sleeves; skirt is knee-length and very full, gathered at waist and covered by a short piece of self fabric.
Date: 1953
Creator: Balenciaga, Cristobal, 1895-1972
Object Type: Physical Object
System: The UNT Digital Library

Two-piece dress

Ensemble. The skirt is of heavy gold felt covered with black floral lace, which has been heavily "beaded" with sequins. Side zipper closure, and two side-seam pockets. Retailer's label inside skirt on side seam: "Neiman-Marcus". With black velvet belt, which is marked on reverse: "16 Charming Belts. 6406", "This / 'Bac-A-Belt' backing / guaranted by / Good Housekeeping" / wash or clean / as garment". The accompanying blouse is of black silk jersey with half length sleeves and gathered detail at scoop neckline. Center back zipper closure that extends full length of the garment. Inner waistband of grosgrain ribbon with hook and eye closure. No labels in blouse.
Date: 1953
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Physical Object
System: The UNT Digital Library

Hat

Hat of white straw and navy blue/black embroidery appliques. The domed crown is of finely woven white straw. The narrow brim turns up at the edges, somewhat irregularly, and is edged in dark navy blue/black embroidery appliques that cover upper and lower parts of the brim. The inside of the crown has a dark navy blue/black grosgrain ribbon inner hatband. Designer's label sewn to inner hatband: "Hazel Eller - Custom Made". Accompanied by two short hat-pins, one with a head covered in matching straw, the other with a simulated pearl head.
Date: 1953
Creator: Eller, Hazel
Object Type: Physical Object
System: The UNT Digital Library

Hat

Hat of pale yellow/tan straw. The sailor-style hat has a domed crown of pale straw encircled at the base with a band of pale yellow velvet with "bow" loop at back. Over the ribbon is a band of fine veiling. The circular brim is of the same straw on top, but is of double-thickness, the underside of white straw. The inside of the crown with a wide off-white grosgrain ribbon hatband. Accompanied by two short hatpins, with red velvet and gold ribbon heads. Retailer's label sewn to inner hatband: "Neiman-Marcus".
Date: 1953
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Physical Object
System: The UNT Digital Library