Hat - Alta Faubus

 
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Hat - Alta Faubus
Hat - Alta Faubus
Hat - Alta Faubus
Hat - Alta Faubus

Hat - Alta Faubus

Object number2001.063.02
Datec. 1950
MediumFabric, Feathers
Credit LineOld State House Museum Collection
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    DescriptionA hat worn by Alta Faubus, wife of Orval Faubus, the Thirty-sixth Governor of Arkansas. The hat is made of white fabric that has been folded and shaped into ribs and bows. The hat also features two white feathers.

    Celia Alta Faubus was born in 1912 and she married Orval Faubus in 1931. She was a rural school teacher for some time and later went on to become the editor and publisher of the Madison County Record. Alta and Orval had one son, Farrell Faubus. Alta went on to be the Thirty-sixth First Lady of Arkansas when her husband Orval was elected governor in 1955. She divorced Orval in 1969. Alta died in 2002.
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