z7011

Title Ralph Budd Distributes Copies of "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" to the Huck Finn Contestants
Date of Original 25 October 1935
Date of Digital 19 October 2003
Description HANNIBAL, MO - Each of the Huckleberry Finn contestants receives a copy of Mark Twain's book "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" from Ralph Budd, President of the CB & Q Railroad (far left, front row). The books are all autographed by Nina Gabrilowitsch, Charles G. Dawes, Frank B. Kellogg and Ralph Budd. The winner of the contest is Harold Timmerman of Burlington, IA (3rd from right, 2nd row). The other contestants, in no particular order, are Billy Thomas, Eugene Logan, Shelby Lee Ward, William Edward Meadows, Jack Kendall, Bill Kendall, Jack Torter, Brice Carson, William Greenville, Earl Dunbar and Paul Calloway.
Creator CB & Q Railroad
Contributor Hayden, Archie
Publisher Hannibal Free Public Library (Hannibal, MO)
Subject Mark Twain Zephyr (railroad train)
Subject Mark Twain Zephyr Dedication.
Subject Hannibal (MO)
Subject Budd, Ralph, 1879-1962.
Subject Timmerman, Harold.
Subject Thomas, Billy.
Subject Logan, Eugene.
Subject Ward, Shelby Lee.
Subject Meadows, William Edward.
Subject Kendall, Jack.
Subject Kendall, Bill.
Subject Torter, Jack.
Subject Carson, Brice.
Subject Greenville, William.
Subject Dunbar, Earl.
Subject Calloway, Paul.
Original Format Photograph, black and white, 10" by 8"
Digital Format jpg
Identifier Z7011