Years ago I saw "representative examples" of the Nixon uniforms in the reserve collections of the Marine Corps Air/Ground Museum at Quantico, Virginia (at that time they were the official depository for "one original" of every Marine uniform).  I presume the collections are intact--this is of course the site of the now-being-built multi-million-dollar museum, including the very large new version of the Iwo Jima Memorial (the steel frame of which is seen over I-95 like a Calatrava structure aborning) <http://www.usmcmuseum.org/>  As I recall the uniforms they had an aspect of Victor Herbert operatta costuming about them.

John Pearce
James Monroe Museum
University of Mary Washington

>>> [log in to unmask] 12/30/2005 5:46 PM >>>
We're discussing Nixon on another list, and reference
was made to uniforms that were made for guards at the
White House during his regime.  According to my
contacts, the uniforms were only used for a short
while because they looked very regal and went over
with a thud.  Something about conical (and comedic)
hats and braiding.

I've queried the web and learned that a uniform was on
exhibit in a museum (as I recall, it was in Baltimore)
at one point but can find no photos.  

If any of you have a picture of said uniform you could
share (post it on
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MuseDocs if you like so
that others can see it if interested), I'd much
appreciate it.

Thanks.



Indigo Nights
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