Orval Faubus with Hope Melon

Orval Eugene Faubus with a giant watermelon from the “Home of the World’s Largest Watermelons,” Hope (Hempstead County); circa 1965.

White man in suit and tie posing on a porch with a large watermelon

Courtesy of Special Collections, University of Arkansas Libraries, Fayetteville

Media

Time Period

World War II through the Faubus Era (1941 - 1967)

Category

Agriculture / Land and Resources / Plant Culture

Type

Person

Race & Ethnicity

White

Gender

Male

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