Photograph, Press - Winthrop Rockefeller

 
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Photograph, Press - Winthrop Rockefeller
Photograph, Press - Winthrop Rockefeller
Photograph, Press - Winthrop Rockefeller
Photograph, Press - Winthrop Rockefeller

Photograph, Press - Winthrop Rockefeller

Object number2018.013.33
DateAugust 24, 1933
Associated LocationCleveland, Ohio
MediumPaper, Ink
Dimensions7 1/2 × 9 1/2 in. (19.1 × 24.1 cm)
Credit LineOld State House Museum Collection
DescriptionA press photograph of Winthrop Rockefeller stepping off the airplane.

Winthrop Rockefeller was born on May 1, 1912 in New York City, New York. Rockefeller moved to Morrilton, Arkansas in 1953, founding Winrock Farms and entering into state politics shortly thereafter. In 1955, Governor 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. He was reelected in 1969. Rockefeller died of pancreatic cancer on February 22, 1973, in Palm Springs, California.
Status
Not on view