POLITICAL PHOTO SCRIP HALL SECRETARY OF STATE ARKANSAS 1937/1961 ORVAL FAUBUS for Sale

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POLITICAL PHOTO SCRIP HALL SECRETARY OF STATE ARKANSAS 1937/1961 ORVAL FAUBUS For Sale

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POLITICAL PHOTO SCRIP HALL SECRETARY OF STATE ARKANSAS 1937/1961 ORVAL FAUBUS:
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HERE IS A PHOTO PROBABLY FROM A CAMPAIGN OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE FROM ARKANSAS. HIS NAME WAS CLARIS GUSTAVIUS HALL BUT WENT BY THE NAME \"CRIP\". HERE IS A LITTLE INFO WHERE HE GOT THE NAME: C. G. Hall was born in Social Hill(Hot Spring County)on October 8, 1901, to John R. Hall and Elizabeth Hodges Hall.Attheageof eighteenmonths, he contractedpolio.Over the years, he acquired the name “Crip” due to his handicap,coming to prefer itover his given name. HE WAS ELECTED SECRETARY OF STATE 1936 AND HIS TERM STARTED IN 1937. HE STARTED THE TRADITION OF LIGHTING THE STATE CAPITOL AT CHRISTMAS TIME, HE WAS ALSO INSTRUMENTAL IN GETTING WAR MEMORIAL STADIUM BUILT IN LITTLE ROCK SO THE RAZORBACKS WOULD PLAY IN THE CITY. HE SERVED DURING THE TURBULENT ORVAL FAUBUS YEARS. HERE IS A LITTLE MORE INFO ON HIS LAT YEARS:

Hall served as Arkansas secretary of state from 1937 until his death on January 14, 1961. Upon Hall’s death, Governor Orval Faubusappointed Nancy Hall to serve the remainder ofher husband’sterm.He is buried at Roselawn Memorial ParkinLittle Rock. THE PHOTO MEASURES 3 1/2\" X 8\" AND IS PRINTED ON PAPER, I DON\'T SEE THE DOTS IN THE IMAGE BUT IT DOES SEEM TO BE A REAL PHOTP, NOT SURE OF WHAT PROCESS WAS USED.