Photograph, Winthrop Rockefeller

 
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Photograph, Winthrop Rockefeller
Photograph, Winthrop Rockefeller
Photograph, Winthrop Rockefeller
Photograph, Winthrop Rockefeller

Photograph, Winthrop Rockefeller

Object number2015.008.06
Date1953
Associated LocationLittle Rock, Arkansas
MediumPaper, Ink
Dimensions10 × 8 1/4 in. (25.4 × 21 cm)
Credit LineOld State House Museum Collection
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    DescriptionA black and white photograph of Winthrop Rockefeller talking to business acquaintance Frank Newell in Little Rock, Arkansas, in 1953. The Associated Press Wirephoto ran with a story about Rockefeller's wife moving back to New York and their possible separation.

    Winthrop Rockefeller was born on May 1, 1912 in New York City, New York. His grandfather, John D. Rockefeller, was the founder of Standard Oil Company. Rockefeller moved to Morrilton, Arkansas in 1953, founding Winrock Farms and entering into state politics shortly thereafter. In 1955, Govenor Orval Faubus named Rockefeller to the Arkansas Industrial Development Commission. Rockefeller lost the 1964 Governor's election to Faubus before becoming the thirty-seventh governor of Arkansas in 1967 and served two terms. Rockefeller died of pancreatic cancer on February 22, 1973, in Palm Springs, California.
    Status
    Not on view
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