Photograph, Cabinet Card - Davis Children

 
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Three of Jeff Davis' Children
Photograph, Cabinet Card - Davis Children
Three of Jeff Davis' Children
Three of Jeff Davis' Children

Photograph, Cabinet Card - Davis Children

Object number1987.052.15
Date1890
Mediumpaper, ink
DimensionsOverall: 3 7/8 x 5 3/8 in. (9.9 x 13.6 cm)
Credit LineOld State House Museum Collection
Terms
  • Print, Photographic
DescriptionCabinet card photograph of two young girls wearing light colored dresses leaning on each side of a studio prop tree stump, while a young boy stands on top of stump wearing dark clothes and a large white bow. Back of photo reads "Lyanh, Bess and Wallace Davis, three oldest children of Governor and Mrs. Jeff Davis. Taken by John H. Canner of Russellville and Atkins, Arkansas.

Jefferson "Jeff" Davis was born in Rocky Comfort, Arkansas on May 6, 1862. Davis served as the twentieth Governor of Arkansas from 1901 to 1907.

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