Photograph, Dale and Betty Bumpers

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

Photograph, Dale and Betty Bumpers

Object number1999.001.23
OriginLittle Rock, Arkansas
MediumPaper, Ink
Dimensions8 x 10 in. (20.3 x 25.4 cm)
Credit LineOld State House Museum Collection
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    DescriptionA color photograph of Dale and Betty Bumpers entering a National Guard of Arkansas Association reception. The reception was held at the Camelot Inn. Dale is wearing a tuxedo and Betty is wearing a green pant suite with a corsage.

    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.
    Status
    Not on view