Leslie homecoming, June 13, 1964 [Crowd, view 5] [graphic] / Ernie Deane [photographer]. 1964.

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Leslie homecoming, June 13, 1964 [Crowd, view 5] [graphic] / Ernie Deane [photographer]. 1964.

Negative taken for June 21, 1964, Arkansas Gazette article "Leslie Frolicks at Annual Reunion," E5:2. Views of the 10th annual Leslie Homecoming in Leslie, Searcy County, Arkansas, on June 13, 1964. Leslie organized the homecoming for those who left Leslie and moved throughout the nation to come together to visit and celebrate. At the main corner of town, a platform was erected on a vacant lot, and a tarp was tossed up for a roof for the musical entertainers and an audience gathered to listen.

1 negative : b&w ; 4 x 3 cm. (1 x 1 in.)

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