Shoes - Alta Faubus

 
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Shoes - Alta Faubus
Shoes - Alta Faubus
Shoes - Alta Faubus
Shoes - Alta Faubus

Shoes - Alta Faubus

Object number2001.063.03a-b
Date1958-1959
Credit LineOld State House Museum Collection
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    DescriptionA pair of shoes worn by Alta Faubus, wife of Orval Faubus, the Thirty-sixth Governor of Arkansas. The shoes feature a pointed-toe design with a heel strap and are decorated with gold and silver glitter on gold material. The interior of the shoes are pink and are printed with "Taj of India".

    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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