Maryon Allen on a boat during her U.S. Senate campaign, possibly at the State Docks in Mobile, Alabama.

She is yelling and pulling a control in the ceiling, possibly sounding the vessel's horn. After the death Senator James B. Allen in June 1978, Governor George Wallace appointed his widow, Maryon, to fill the vacant seat until a special election could be held in November. The winner of that elec...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Taylor, S. B.
Format: Electronic
Published: Alabama Department of Archives and History
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Online Access:http://cdm17217.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/amg/id/108643