Found This Commem Related Item On Ebay

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jack jeckel Pillar of the Community United States 5202 Posts	Posted 03/25/2015 8:08 pm Photo: Harvey Conch presents Arkansas half-dollar to Sen. Robinson & Garner Report this Post to the Staff

ChildOfTheWheat Pillar of the Community United States 5828 Posts	Posted 03/25/2015 9:33 pm Wow, cool! That's interesting... Report this Post to the Staff
MeadowviewCollector Pillar of the Community United States 4409 Posts	Posted 03/25/2015 11:41 pm pretty cool Jack. -MV Report this Post to the Staff
CelticKnot Bedrock of the Community United States 12815 Posts	Posted 03/26/2015 02:15 am Interesting, jack_jeckel. Great snapshot of history. But $11 + $3 shipping for a reprint... who would buy this? Report this Post to the Staff
jbuck Moderator United States 187860 Posts	Posted 03/26/2015 11:06 am Very interesting. Thank you for sharing. Coin Collector Since 1978 Avatar Old Avatar 7070 Eisenhower Australia Canada World CCF Members on eBay CCF eBay Search Engine Report this Post to the Staff
commems CCF Master Historian of USA Commemoratives United States 12258 Posts	Posted 03/26/2015 12:02 pm For those interested. The man to the left is Harvey C. Couch (not Conch), a prominent Arkansas businessman and chair of the Arkansas Centennial Commission. (The ebay listing has it wrong.) Arkansas Senator Joseph Robinson is seen in the center receiving his coin. Presumably, the coin ceremony is for the original Arkansas Centennial coin and not the second iteration that features Robinson's portrait. I'm not sure about the man ("Garner") on the right. It might be William M. Garner, MD, a prominent Arkansas physician/surgeon of the time, but I'm not, at the moment, aware of his connection to the coin. FYI: The image shown is available for free via download from the Library of Congress. Collecting history one coin or medal at a time! (c) commems. All rights reserved. Report this Post to the Staff
CelticKnot Bedrock of the Community United States 12815 Posts	Posted 03/27/2015 01:07 am Quote: FYI: The image shown is available for free via download from the Library of Congress. Why am I not surprised that you know this? Report this Post to the Staff
LeeG Valued Member United States 243 Posts	Posted 03/27/2015 11:16 pm It's quite possible it could be Vice President Garner. Report this Post to the Staff
westernsky Pillar of the Community United States 7614 Posts	Posted 03/27/2015 11:33 pm 99% sure the guy on the right is Vice President John Nance "Cactus Jack" Garner. At the time of the photograph he would have been President of the Senate. He was Vice President during part of the Roosevelt Administration and one of the last people that John F Kennedy talked to before his tragic death in Dallas in 1963. Kennedy had called Garner and had wished him a happy 95th birthday a few hours before the flight to Dallas. Garner had a saying about the vice presidency that is not too family friendly so it wouldn't be appropriate for this forum. Garner pretty much told people what he thought of things. He died in Uvalde, Tx at the age of 99 in 1967. Report this Post to the Staff
CelticKnot Bedrock of the Community United States 12815 Posts	Posted 03/28/2015 01:28 am That y'all know all this about a decades-old photo is remarkable. Yet another reason I love this forum. Report this Post to the Staff
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