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Portrait of John Samuel Armstrong
Portrait of John Samuel Armstrong
Portrait of John Samuel Armstrong

Portrait of John Samuel Armstrong

Datec. 1885
MediumPaper
Dimensions4 1/2 × 3 1/2 in. (11.4 × 8.9 cm)
ClassificationsDocumentary Artifact
Catalog number1999.14.1087
DescriptionBlack and white photograph of John Samuel Armstrong, member of the 13th Territorial Legislative Assembly. He was responsible for establishment of the Normal School.

Caption from the Tempe 150th Anniversary exhibit:

Elected to Arizona’s Thirteenth Territorial Legislature in 1884, Representative John A. Armstrong was behind House Bill No. 164 that established Tempe’s Normal School.
Status
Not on view