1956
GUSN-194429
George Aiken (1892-1984) was a U.S. senator for 34 years (1941-1975). Even so, he was fondly called Governor Aiken throughout his years in Washington, a carryover from his term as the Governor of Vermont (1937-1941). Aiken was a dedicated environmentalist. In 1984, Vermont designated a 5,000-acre park in the southern part of the state as the George D. Aiken Wilderness. In this photograph, he stands in a field with Vermont farm buildings behind him.
senators
farms
agriculture
black-and-white prints (photographs)
photographs
1 photograph
PC044
Verner Reed Photographic Collection, 1950-1972
PC044.TMP.074
Putney (Windham county, Vermont)
Reed, Verner, 1923-2006 (Photographer)
black-and-white prints (photographs)
photographs
Aiken, George, 1892-1984
Included in the exhibition, A Changing World: New England in the Photographs of Verner Reed, 1950-1972.
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