Queens and Crowns: Fiesta's Royal Traditions

April 4 - September 7, 2009
Betty Coates Textile Gallery

This year's Fiesta exhibit honors the 100th anniversary of the Order of the Alamo. The highlight of the exhibit, and the basis for the Witte's 2009 Fiesta pin, is the cream silk dress and blue velvet train worn by Helena Guenther, Queen of the Court of Carnival of Flowers in 1911—the oldest royal robes in the Witte Museum Collection. The exhibit also highlights the 60th anniversary of Miss Fiesta, which began in 1949.

Queens and Crowns is generously supported by the Fiesta San Antonio Commission, Inc.

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