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Button, Alan Ladd
Button, Alan Ladd
Button, Alan Ladd
Button, Alan Ladd

Button, Alan Ladd

Object number2012.230.01.39
Date1950's
Mediummetal, plastic and ink
Dimensions1 1/4 in.
Credit LineOld State House Museum Collection
DescriptionButton featuring Hot Springs native Alan Ladd with accompanying text "Fan Club" and "Alan Ladd."

Alan Ladd was born September 3, 1913, in Hot Springs, Arkansas, and lived in Arkansas until around the age of five. He was an actor who appeared in over 80 films and was one of the most recognizable celebrities of the 1940s and '50s. He starred in such films as "Two Years before the Mast," "The Blue Dahlia," and "The Great Gatsby." However, Ladd is perhaps best known for his role in the 1953 western movie "Shane." Ladd died on January 29, 1964.

Small button featuring Arkansas native Alan Ladd with text "Fan Club" and "Alan Ladd" from a collection kept by the president of his fan club.
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