Black and White Sheet Film 1968_0527: Robert Vance Somers, 1968
Rating
Collection in Repository
Charles S . Killebrew Photographic Collection , 1948-2001
Collection Number
P0091
Finding Aid
Charles S. Killebrew Photographic Collection, 1948-2001; finding aid: http://finding-aids.lib.unc.edu/P0091/
Location in Collection
Series 3 . 1960-1969
Object
Black and White Sheet Film 1968_0527 : Robert Vance Somers , 1968
Citation
[Identification of item], in the Charles S. Killebrew Photographic Collection (P0091), North Carolina Collection Photographic Archives, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
filename
P0091_1968_0527_A.tif
Creator
Killebrew, Charles S. (Charles Sidney), 1921-2009.
Description
Image shows Robert Vance Somers , the man in the center of the photo , who was the Republican candidate for the U.S . Senate in 1968 . He was running against the incumbent Senator Sam Ervin , of Watergate fame . Mr . Somers would lose the Senate race by a wide margin . Mr . Somers would serve three terms in the N . C . Senate from 1972 to 1986 . He would sponsor the "Right Turn on Red Law " and the "Safe Driver License Renewal Law ". He died July 23 , 1997 .
Subject (tgm)
Political elections Political campaigns Politicians
Subject Geographic
Edgecombe County (N.C.) Nash County (N.C.)
Digital Collection
Charles S . Killebrew Photographic Collection
Repository
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Wilson Library, North Carolina Collection Photographic Archives
Host
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Usage Rights
The current policies of the North Carolina Collection define the conditions of use. See http://www.lib.unc.edu/ncc/pha/pol.html for more information.
Resource Type
Image
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