- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- Campaign Wagon
- Publisher:
- Richard B. Russell, Jr. Collection, Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies, University of Georgia, Athens
- Date of Original:
- 1936
- Subject:
- Trucks--Georgia--Warm Springs
Men--Georgia--Warm Springs
Children--Georgia--Warm Springs
Boys--Georgia--Warm Springs
Signs and signboards--Georgia--Warm Springs
Elections--Georgia--Warm Springs
Governors--Georgia
Legislators--United States
Russell, Richard B. (Richard Brevard), 1897-1971 - People:
- Russell, Richard B. (Richard Brevard), 1897-1971
- Location:
- United States, Georgia, Meriwether County, Warm Springs, 32.89041, -84.68104
- Medium:
- black-and-white photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Volunteers gather beside a campaign wagon used during Richard B. Russell Jr.'s 1936 campaign against Georgia governor Eugene Talmadge for a seat in the U.S. Senate. This campaign was one of only two contested elections for Russell during his tenure as a U.S. senator, from 1933 until his death in 1971.
Photograph showing ten volunteers gathered beside a campaign wagon in Warm Springs, Georgia used during Richard B. Russell Jr.'s 1936 campaign against Georgia governor Eugene Talmadge for a seat in the U.S. Senate. The truck is adorned with eleven campaign signs. Seven men and three children sit or kneel next to the truck. Russell served in public office for fifty years as a Georgia state legislator, governor of Georgia, and U.S. senator. - Metadata URL:
- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/government-politics/richard-b-russell-jr-1897-1971/m-6809/
- Rights Holder:
- Courtesy of Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies, University of Georgia, Athens
Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies, University of Georgia Libraries - Original Collection:
- http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/government-politics/richard-b-russell-jr-1897-1971
Forms part of: New Georgia Encyclopedia
Richard B. Russell Jr. Collection - Holding Institution:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)
- Rights:
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