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Call Number:

PH-00139

Collection Name:

Miriam A. Wallace "Ma" Ferguson Photography Collection

Creator:

Boone, photographer

No. of Items:

27 photographs

Span Dates:

1930s

Description:

The collection consists of 27 gelatin silver copy prints documenting a portion of this Texas Governor's career. The original images were made between circa 1930 to 1934. Subjects follow.

976:0008:0001-0003 -- Ferguson alone and with her daughter Dorrence, 28 July 1930?;
976:0008:0004-0005 -- Ferguson with her husband, James E. Ferguson, 25 July 1932;
976:0008:0006 -- Ferguson with a large telegram, 9 Nov. 1932;
976:0008:0007 -- Ferguson with manager and messenger of Postal Tele. Complany, 9 Nov. 1932;
976:0008:0008-0015 -- Ferguson's inauguration, 17 Jan. 1933;
976:0008:0016-0018 -- Ferguson signing a bill for Clarence Kendall and signing the Sour Gas Bill for J.H. McCracken, 21 and 25 Mar. 1933;
976:0008:0019-0020 -- Ferguson with M.H. Reed for the Red Cross, 8 Sept. 1933;
976:0008:0021-0022 -- Ferguson with C.J. Alderson and Mary L. White, 2 Feb. 1934;
976:00008:0023-0024 -- Ferguson signing the Centennial Exposition Bill, 16 Mar. 1934;
976:0008:0025-0026 -- Exterior views of the Ferguson residence;
976:0008:0027 -- Group portrait of a lodge meeting of the Knights of Pythias.

Accession No(s):

976:0008:0001-0027

Location(s):

Ferguson, M., Box (976:0008:0001-0027)
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