HistoricalFindings Photo: Training for hog-Calling Contest,Robert Mouton,Otha D Wearin,Richard Leche,1937

8x12 inch Photographic Print from a high-quality scan of the original.

Title: Begins training for hog-calling contest. Washington, D.C. June 9. Interest is at fever height in Louisiana for the coming hog-calling contest at the Capitol between Rep. Robert L. Mouton; of Louisiana, and Rep. Otha D. Wearin, of Iowa. So much so that Governor Richard Leche of the bayou state made a special trip, bearing a live porker; to assist Rep. Mouton in his pre-contest training. The contest is the result of a controversy between the two solons of the merits of the hog callers of their respective states. In the photograph, left to right: Theodora Olivier, neice and secretary to Rep. Mouton; Governor Leche, and Rep. Mouton. 6/9/37
Creator(s): Harris & Ewing, photographer
Date Created/Published: [19]37 June 9.
Notes:
Title from unverified caption data received with the Harris & Ewing Collection.
Gift; Harris & Ewing, Inc. 1955.
General information about the Harris & Ewing Collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.hec
Temp. note: Batch four.
Subjects:
United States--District of Columbia--Washington (D.C.)
Bookmark /hec2009009543/
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Source: Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.