Photograph, Sepia - Mary Oldham Eagle

Object number2017.040.02

Associated LocationRichmond, Kentucky

Associated LocationLittle Rock, Arkansas

MediumPaper, Ink, Pencil

Dimensions6 1/2 × 4 1/4 in. (16.5 × 10.8 cm)

Credit LineOld State House Museum Collection

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DescriptionA sepia photograph of former Arkansas First Lady Mary Oldham Eagle. The photograph depicts First Lady Eagle facing left, her face in profile wearing a collard top with lace around her neck outlining a necklace. The photograph is separated from the text along the bottom by a squiggle line-solid line-squiggle line border. The text reads, "Schlegel’s Art Gallery, Richmond, Ky." The back of the photograph contains the photograph studio's logo as well as two handwritten messages. The studio logo beginning in the top left corner reads, "From the Photographic Studio of Lousi Schlegel, Richmond. K.Y." The message written in pencil in the top right corner reads, "U... Pianoll La... 15." The message in ink below "Lousi Schlegel" reads, "Mrs. J.P. Eagle. Little Rock, Ark."

Mary Kavanaugh Oldham Eagle was born in February 4, 1854. She was married to James Philip Eagle, Arkansas's sixteenth Governor. Mary Oldham Eagle took a more active role as First Lady with her interest in the sciences, women’s suffrage, and her international concerns. Mary served on the Board of Lady Managers and chaired the Board’s Committee on Congresses at the 1893 Chicago’s World Columbian Exposition. Mary also edited the book, The Congress of Women, World’s Columbian Exposition. She played a major role in her husband's political campaigns and subsequent gubernatorial parties, even so far as to write her husband's address to the General Assembly due to his poor health at the time. She passed away February 15, 1903.

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