Photograph, Wedding - Louis and Martha Jordan

 
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Photograph, Wedding - Louis and Martha Jordan
Photograph, Wedding - Louis and Martha Jordan
Photograph, Wedding - Louis and Martha Jordan
Photograph, Wedding - Louis and Martha Jordan

Photograph, Wedding - Louis and Martha Jordan

Object number2015.018.02
Date1966
MediumPaper, Ink
Dimensions4 × 4 in. (10.2 × 10.2 cm)
Credit LineOld State House Museum Collection
Terms
  • Print, Photographic
DescriptionA wedding photograph of Louis and Martha Jordan. The photograph features Martha wearing a long wedding dress with corsage and long white gloves. Louis in wearing black pants with a white jacket. The couple were wed in 1966.

Louis Jordan was born July 8, 1908 in Brinkley, Arkansas. He was an African-American musician, singer and song writer. He briefly attended Arkansas Baptist College in Little Rock, majoring in music. Although he could play a variety of instruments, he was best known for his saxophone playing and was nicknamed "The King of the Jukebox." He appeared in and sang in a number of movies over the years. Jordan died February 4, 1975.


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