Photograph - Alta Faubus, Miss Arkansas & Virginia Almond

 
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Altus Faubus w/ First Lady of Virginia, Mrs. Almond, & Miss AR
Photograph - Alta Faubus, Miss Arkansas & Virginia Almond
Altus Faubus w/ First Lady of Virginia, Mrs. Almond, & Miss AR
Altus Faubus w/ First Lady of Virginia, Mrs. Almond, & Miss AR

Photograph - Alta Faubus, Miss Arkansas & Virginia Almond

Object number2001.063.05
Date1960
Mediumpaper
DimensionsOverall: 8 x 10 in. (20.3 x 25.4 cm)
Credit LineOld State House Museum collection
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    DescriptionBlack and white photograph of Alta Faubus with the First Lady of Virginia, Mrs. Lindsay Almond, and Miss Arkansas. Mrs. Almond is to the far right, wearing a black dress with a white orchid corsage and flowery hat. Mrs. Faubus is presenting Mrs. Arkansas with an Arkansas diamond.

    Celia Alta Faubus was born in 1912 and she married Orval Faubus in 1931. She was a rural school teacher for some time and later went on to become the editor and publisher of the Madison County Record. Alta and Orval had one son, Farrell Faubus. Alta went on to be the Thirty-sixth First Lady of Arkansas when her husband Orval was elected governor in 1955. She divorced Orval in 1969. Alta died in 2002.

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