Student Council President Candidate Frances Weaver Offering Free Ride to Polls if you Vote for Weaver 1

Creation Date

1943

Decade

1940

Photographer

unknown

Subject

Jacksonville State University -- History, Jacksonville State Teachers College -- History, Jacksonville State Teachers College -- Students, College student government

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Description

Students actively campaigned for offices in the student government association at Jacksonville State Teachers College. Candidate Frances Weaver solicited votes by promising a free ride to polls on a makeshift wheelbarrow if riders voted for her. Then current Student Council president Clay Brittain holds the wheelbarrow.

Date Digitized

September 2017

Names of Persons Pictured

Frances Weaver, Clay Brittain

Source

Alabama Gallery Special Collections

Is Part Of

Historical Image Collection

Rights

This image is the property of Jacksonville State University and is intended for non-commercial use. Images may be copied for research, teaching, personal, or any fair use as defined by U.S. copyright law. Images may not be altered in any way. Users of these images are asked to acknowledge Jacksonville State University. For questions or further information about usage rights, please contact digitalcommons@jsu.edu.

Location

The original printed photograph is housed in the Houston Cole Library Alabama Gallery, Box 3, Item 450.

Identifier

http://jsucollections.jsu.edu:9000/rpc/cat/Imaging/photocollection/psp/psp1940/PSP1940elections_00450.tif

Technical Metadata

Archival images are tiffs scanned from the original material at 670 dpi. The file name is PSP1940elections_00450.tif; file size is 33 MB. Original image is 4.5 by 6 on glossy photographic paper