Democratic Presidential Candidate Adlai E. Stevenson at the 1956 Democratic National Convention speaking to the North Carolina Caucus. In background: Sen. B. Everett Jordan at far left (with glasses); Mrs. John (Mary Laurens) Richardson, longtime worker and leader in the NC Democratic Party at center (with pearls); Voit Gilmore, State Senator and former Mayor of Southern Pines (in light-colored jacket).
Photograph published in THE CHARLOTTE NEWS, 16 August 1956, with caption "Gov. Adlai Stevenson Talks To A Friendly North Carolina Caucus."