Woodrow Wilson "Woody" Dumas collection, 1965-1979.

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Woodrow Wilson "Woody" Dumas collection, 1965-1979.

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The collection consists of 65 photographs (59 black-and-white and 6 color photographic prints) and printed material and ephemera from the 1976 Bicentennial Celebration in Baton Rouge. The photographs show Mayor Dumas at various groundbreakings, dedications, and other mayoral events. A small subseries documents Dumas with national political figures including Hubert H. Humphrey and Nelson Rockefeller.

59 black-and-white prints.6 color photographs.

Louisiana State University, LSU Libraries

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SNAC Resource ID: 7956924

Louisiana State University, LSU Libraries

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