Photograph, Jeff Davis & Classmates

 
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Photograph, Jeff Davis & Classmates
Photograph, Jeff Davis & Classmates
Photograph, Jeff Davis & Classmates
Photograph, Jeff Davis & Classmates

Photograph, Jeff Davis & Classmates

Object number1987.052.31ab
Date1914
OriginLittle Rock, Arkansas
MediumPaper, Glass, Metal
Dimensions16 x 7 3/4 in. (40.6 x 19.7 cm)
Credit LineOld State House Museum Collection
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    DescriptionA framed class photograph of 14 young men in their suits. They are posed lined up in two rows. The photograph is famed with a gold painted wooden frame and signed in red crayon by the photographer (BR). Identification of the young men is printed across the bottom. Governor Jeff Davis is in the photograph. The photograph was taken by Shrader of Little Rock.

    Back row: (?), (?), Tom Dougan, (?) Lenow, Jeff Davis, (?), Cleyburn Conway
    Front row: (?) Owen Lyon, (?) England, Henry Doyle, Brandon Hays, Sam (?), Ike Christian.

    Jefferson "Jeff" Davis was born in Rocky Comfort, Arkansas on May 6, 1862. Davis served as the twentieth Governor of Arkansas from 1901 to 1907. Although his administration was said to have "produced more politics than government," Davis succeeded in building a new state house and reforming the penal system. Davis passed away on January 3, 1913 in Little Rock, Arkansas.
    Status
    Not on view