Florida Governor Reubin Askew displaying a giant petition postcard

Title

• Florida Governor Reubin Askew displaying a giant petition postcard

Image Number

• PT00583

Year

• 1975

Date Note

• Photographed on November 19, 1975.

Series Title

• General: Political collection
• Specific: Political collection

General Note

• Florida Governor Reubin Askew holds up a giant petition postcard similar to the small one that will be distributed shortly to registered voters. The card is a petition for a state constitutional amendment regarding full financial disclosure to be added to the November 1976 ballet. Behind Askew, also present at the Wednesday news conference, are Esther Friedan, legislative director of Common Cause, left, and E. Harris Drew, State Ethics Committee Chairman.

Biography Note

• Common Cause was founded in 1968.

Source

• Associated Press.

Physical Description

• 1 photoprint - b&w - 8 x 10 in.

Subject Term

• Governors--Florida
• Press conferences
• Constitutional amendments

Geographic Term

• Tallahassee (Fla.)
• Leon County (Fla.)

Personal Subject

• Drew, E. Harris, 1903-1978.
• Askew, Reubin O'D., 1928-2014
• Friedan, Esther.

Subject Corporate

• Common Cause (U.S.)
• Florida Commission on Ethics.
• Florida. Governor (1971-1979 : Askew)

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