Bauxite Historical Association Museum 6707 Benton Street Bauxite Arkansas 72011
Date:
2008. Dedicated Oct. 2008
Notes:
State of Arkansas, Department of Arkansas Heritage, Arkansas Historic Preservation Program, 2018.
(On botttom of both the family group and the boy:) Gary Alsum / (copyright symbol) '08 1/7 signed
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Summary:
A family group depicting a father, a mother holding a young girl in her arms, and a little boy standing across from them. The father is dressed for in overalls and a hat, a helmet hanging from his belt, a lunch box held in his right hand, and his left arm resting around his wife's shoulders. She wears a dress with an apron, their little girl held in her left arm, and her right arm resting around the husband's waist. At her feet is a basket filled with vegetables. The little girl has pigtails and holds a doll in her left hand. The little boy standing opposite his parents is barefoot and wears overalls and baseball cap. He stands on his tiptoes as he holds a model airplane up in the air.
