Photograph, Rockefeller and Family

 
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Photograph, Rockefeller, Winthrop and family
Photograph, Rockefeller and Family
Photograph, Rockefeller, Winthrop and family
Photograph, Rockefeller, Winthrop and family

Photograph, Rockefeller and Family

Object number2017.022.01
Date1964
Associated LocationArkansas
MediumPaper, Ink
Dimensions9 15/16 × 8 1/16 in. (25.2 × 20.5 cm)
Credit LineOld State House Museum Collection
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    DescriptionA black and white photograph of Winthrop Rockefeller announcing his candidacy for governor of Arkansas dated to 1964. Joining Rockefeller at the news conference is his wife Jeanette (left), son Winthrop Paul Rockefeller (center), and stepson Bruce Bartley (right).

    Winthrop Rockefeller was born on May 1, 1912 in New York City, New York and moved to Morrilton, Arkansas in 1953. Rockefeller lost the 1964 Governor's election to Gov. Orval Faubus before becoming the thirty-seventh Governor of Arkansas in 1967. Rockefeller died of pancreatic cancer on February 22, 1973, in Palm Springs, California.
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