Senator Henry Jackson and Helen Hardin

Photographer Associated Press (founded 1846)

Sitter Henry M. Jackson (1912 Everett, Washington - 1983 Everett, Washington)

Sitter Helen Hardin Jackson (1933 Clovis, New Mexico - 2018 Everett, Washington)

DateSeptember 22, 1961

Mediumgelatin silver print

Dimensions5 5/8 × 6 5/8 in. (14.3 × 16.9 cm)

ClassificationsPhotography

Credit LineAlbuquerque Museum, gift of Nancy Tucker

Object numberPA2019.041.033

DescriptionSenator Henry M. Jackson and Helen Hardin smile at a banquet dinner. Both are wearing formal attire. Evening purses are in the middle of the banquet table. Hardin wears a strapless gown and smiles broadly at Jackson, who is smiling widely to the right of the camera. A caption on the back of the photograph from the Spokane Daily Chronicle reads, “Sen. Jackson to Wed. Sen. Henry M. Jackson, D-Wash., and Miss Helen Eugenia Hardin of Albuquerque, N.M., will be married Dec. 16 in Albuquerque. The marriage plans of Jackson, 49, and Miss Hardin, 28, were announced today in Seattle and Albuquerque. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Marion Moody Hardin of Albuquerque. Hardin is president of the American Gypsum Co. Jackson was first elected to the Senate in 1952 after serving six terms in the House. This picture was released Sept. 22.”

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