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 number1999.001.26
OriginArkansas
MediumPaper, Ink
Dimensions10 x 8 in. (25.4 x 20.3 cm)
Credit LineOld State House Museum Collection
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    DescriptionA black and white photograph of Dale and Betty Bumpers walking up steps to National Guard of Arkansas Association function. Dale is wearing a white suit and a black tie, and Betty is wearing a pair of slacks, and a polka-dot button down shirt. They are holding hands.

    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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