Photograph, Dale & Betty Bumpers

 
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photo of Dale & Betty Bumpers
Photograph, Dale & Betty Bumpers
photo of Dale & Betty Bumpers
photo of Dale & Betty Bumpers

Photograph, Dale & Betty Bumpers

Object number1999.001.20
Date1974
OriginMountain View, Arkansas
MediumPaper, Ink
Dimensions5 x 7 in. (12.7 x 17.8 cm)
Credit LineOld State House Museum Collection
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    DescriptionA black and white photograph of Dale and Betty Bumpers taken in a crowd in Mountain View, Arkansas in 1974. Dale has his arm around Betty's shoulder. The photograph was taken by J.E. Dunlap, Jr., of The Times in Harrison, Arkansas.

    Dale Leon Bumpers was born on August 12, 1925 in Charleston, Arkansas. He married longtime girlfriend Betty Lou Flanagan on September 4, 1949. In 1970, Bumpers ran for Governor of Arkansas and won, becoming the thirty-eighth governor of Arkansas. He was reelected in 1972 and died on January 1, 2016.
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    Not on view
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