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negatives, photo negatives of Orval Faubus photos
negatives, photograph negatives of Orval Faubus photos
negatives, photo negatives of Orval Faubus photos
negatives, photo negatives of Orval Faubus photos

negatives, photograph negatives of Orval Faubus photos

Object number2007.005.104
Datemid 20th Century
Mediumphotographic negatives
Dimensions1 1/2 x 6 in. (3.8 x 15.2 cm)
Credit LineOld State House Museum Collection
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    DescriptionNegatives for 16 photographs from an army reunion, Orval Faubus.

    Oravl Eugene Faubus was born on January 7, 1910 in Madison County. Faubus served in the army during World War II as an Army intelligence officer in five major campaigns in Europe. By the end the war Faubus attained the rank of major. After the war, Faubus was rewarded with an appointment to the state highway commission and later worked in the governor’s office as an administrative assistant. In 1955, he defeated Pratt Remmel for the governorship becoming the thirty-sixth governor of Arkansas. He left office in 1967. Under Governor Frank White, Faubus was named the state director of veteran’s affairs. Faubus died on December 14, 1994.
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