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#1: Composite image of early photo of Ernie Dumas and still frame from Pryor Center video interview
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#2: William Crain, paternal great-grandfather of Ernie Dumas
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#3: Ernie Dumas's relatives posing in front of car at Champagnolle School: (front row) cousin, Perdue; uncle, Wallace Dumas; uncle, Emon Canady, Champagnolle school teacher; (back row on running board) cousin, Ruby Armer; neighbor, Lillian Morgan; cousin, Lovie Armer; unidentified boys lying under car
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#4: Joseph Clifton Dumas, Ernie Dumas's father, and Ernest Armer, Ernie's namesake
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#5: Cousins Sadie Stephens and Joseph Clifton Dumas, father of Ernie Dumas
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#6: Joseph Clifton Dumas, father of Ernie Dumas, posing with early model automobile
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#7: Ernie Dumas's father, Joseph Clifton Dumas, (foreground, center), cousin, Ernest Armer (right); Joseph's siblings (background): Hazel, Harry, and Evelyn Dumas
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#8: Cousins: Bill Armer; Joseph Clifton Dumas, Ernie Dumas's father; Hillery Armer
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#9: Evelyn Dumas Langley, Ernie Dumas's aunt, during the construction of Calion Lake, Union County, Arkansas
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#10: Lovie Armer Brown and Joseph Clifton Dumas, father of Ernie Dumas, in rumble seat
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#11: Berta (Canady) and Joseph Clifton Dumas, parents of Ernie Dumas
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#12: Berta (Canady) Dumas, mother of Ernie Dumas, ca. 1935
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#13: Ernie Dumas portrait
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#14: Olan Mills portrait of Joseph Clifton Dumas and wife Berta (Canady) Dumas, parents of Ernie Dumas, 1959
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#15: Ernie Dumas military portrait, ca. 1963
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#16: Ernie and Elaine Dumas cutting their wedding cake, June 1964
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#17: Elaine and Ernie Dumas with Winthrop Rockefeller; Malvern, Arkansas, October 1964
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#18: Ernie Dumas getting haircut from Renee Brissnick, 1968
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#19: Ernie Dumas, Roy Bode, unidentified woman, and Jimmy Jones at J. N. Heiskell's 100th birthday party, November 1972
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#20: Ernie Dumas with his son at Pea Ridge National Military Park, 1975
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#21: Elaine Dumas, wife of Ernie Dumas, with son, Christopher, picketing outside the Little Rock School Board offices, ca. 1975
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#22: Ernie Dumas at the White House with President Jimmy Carter, 1977
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#23: Letter to Ernest Dumas from President Jimmy Carter, November 1, 1977
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#24: Ernie Dumas at Arkansas Governor's Mansion, 1981
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#25: George Fisher cartoon of Ernie Dumas and Jerry Maulden, December 11, 1987
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#26: Molly Ivins, Ernie Dumas, and Irene Samuel at ACLU Banquet in 1994
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#27: Ernie Dumas and David Terrell fishing on the White River in Arkansas, June 1997
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#28: Elaine and Ernie Dumas boating on the Rhine River, Germany, late 1990s
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#29: Ernie Dumas in Zermatt, Switzerland, ca. 1998
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#30: George Fisher cartoon featuring Ernie Dumas, December 5, 2002
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#31: Ernie Dumas fishing in New Mexico, 2002
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#32: Ernie Dumas golfing at Dingle Golf Club, Ireland, 2005
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#33: Ernie and Elaine Dumas in Ireland, 2005
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#34: Ernie and his brother, Wayne Dumas in Ireland, 2005
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#35: Ernie Dumas taking photos in Maui, Hawaii
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#36: Ernie and Elaine Dumas with niece, Alesia Dumas, after helicopter ride in Maui, Hawaii, 2007
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#37: Christopher Dumas with parents, Elaine and Ernie Dumas, in San Francisco's Alamo Square, ca. 2010
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#38: Behind-the-scenes photo from Pryor Center interview with Ernie Dumas; Little Rock, Arkansas, 2009
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#39: Behind-the-scenes photo from Pryor Center interview with Ernie Dumas; Little Rock, Arkansas, 2009
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#40: Behind-the-scenes photo from Pryor Center interview with Ernie Dumas; Little Rock, Arkansas, 2009
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#41: Behind-the-scenes photo from Pryor Center interview with Ernie Dumas; Little Rock, Arkansas, 2009
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#42: Behind-the-scenes photo from Pryor Center interview with Ernie Dumas; Little Rock, Arkansas, 2009
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