Wedding dress display May 2018 Mrs Rae Crawford

**Fast Facts**
Type of thing	Personal
Date made or found	1942
Place made	Grace Plains South Australia
Place used	Grace PLains
Current location	Mallala Museum
Ceased use	1950

The Mallala Museum held an exhibition of wedding gowns from their collection during History Month May 2018. The event called "Down the Aisle - Wedding dresses through the years" featured 19 gowns displayed throughout the museum.

Rae Arney married Ralph Crawford in the Grace Plains Methodist Church on 14th February 1942. On display was the newly married Mrs Rae Crawford's "going away" outfit which she had made herself. It consisted of a floral rayon dress in pale green coloured hues and a plain pale green jacket trimmed with appliqued cut outs of the floral material. The jacket featured elbow length sleeves and tied at the waist with a self material half belt.