Walter Downie Campaign Banner Photograph
Content Description
An outdoor photograph of Walter Downie holding a painted banner draped over a cow that reads: 'This is no bull, Walt Downie for Vice President'. The image was taken during Downie's successful run for Washington and Lee University student body vice - president during the 1941 winter term. Walter Downie graduated from Washington and Lee in 1942 and returned to his home state of Texas where he was a rancher. He died in 1999. An unknown man is also in the image seated and milking the cow.
Dates
- Creation: 1941
Language of Materials
Material is entirely in English
Conditions Governing Use
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Extent
1 Photographic Prints
Condition Description
Fair
Subject
- Downie, Walter Gregory (Person)
- Washington and Lee University (Organization)
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
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Repository Details
Part of the Washington and Lee University, University Library Special Collections and Archives Repository