Purse, Mabel Parnell - Inaugural

 
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Purse, Mabel Parnell - Inaugural
Purse - Mabel Parnell
Purse - Mabel Parnell

Purse, Mabel Parnell - Inaugural

Object number1955.031.00
DateMarch 14, 1928
Associated LocationLittle Rock, Arkansas
MediumBeads, Fabric
Dimensions4 5/8 x 6 1/8 in. (11.8 x 15.5 cm)
Credit LineOld State House Museum Collection
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    DescriptionThe purse used by Mabel Parnell during the Inaugural Ball celebrating Harvey Parnell as the twenty-ninth Governor of Arkansas in March of 1928. The purse is black and embroidered with various types of black and grey beads.

    As twenty-ninth First Lady of Arkansas Mabel Parnell, sat of the Board of the Florence Crittenden Home and Arkansas Tuberculosis Association. Mabel was born in 1885 in Desha County, Arkansas. She died on June 7, 1964.
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