Album, Photograph - Jeff Davis

 
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First page of Gov. Davis' Family Scrapbook
Album, Photograph - Jeff Davis
First page of Gov. Davis' Family Scrapbook
First page of Gov. Davis' Family Scrapbook

Album, Photograph - Jeff Davis

Object number1987.052.61
Dateca 1905
MediumCloth, Paper, Ink
Dimensions7 1/8 x 11 in. (18.1 x 27.9 cm)
Credit LineOld State House Museum Collection
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  • Album, photograph
DescriptionA black clothbound, photograph album belonging to Jeff Davis. The album contains photos of Jeff Davis's children posing outdoors. The album also includes photos of "Grandmother" and Davis with four of his children. There a total of sixty-two black and white photographs. A newspaper article about Jeff Davis is included as well.

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. Although his administration was said to have "produced more politics than government," Davis succeeded in building a new state house and reforming the penal system. Davis passed away on January 3, 1913 in Little Rock, Arkansas.
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