This light green ball gown is from around 1940.  It has spaghetti straps, beads, and sequence all over the top.  The middle portion has a flower design with a bunching of material on the left-hand side.  There is also a zipper on the left-hand side that makes the dress easy to slip into to.  The inside bears a tag that says Gothe New York.  David E. Gothe was the president of a dress making company but also a fashion stylist.

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