[USDA Cotton Export Committee 1953]

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Seven-man committee named by Secretary of Agriculture, Ezra Taft Benson to study cotton exports. Left to right, seated: Walter L. Randolph, President, alabama Farm Bureau Federation, Montgomery Ala.; John h. Davis, Assistant to the Secretary in charge of Commodity Marketing and Adjustment; Ezra Taft Benson, Secretary of Agriculture; D. W. Brooks, Georgia Cotton Producers Association, Atlanta, Georgia; Left to Right, standing: C.R. Sayre, President, Delta Pine and Land Co., Scott, Miss.; William A. McGregor, Vice President, Guaranty Trust Co., New York City; Charles Cannon, President, Cannon Mills, Kannapolis, Norht Carolina; Lamar Fleming, Jr., President, Anderson Clayton Co., Houston, Texas; Everett … continued below

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Original Print, black and white. 10" x 8"

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USDA Photo February 1953.

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Seven-man committee named by Secretary of Agriculture, Ezra Taft Benson to study cotton exports. Left to right, seated: Walter L. Randolph, President, alabama Farm Bureau Federation, Montgomery Ala.; John h. Davis, Assistant to the Secretary in charge of Commodity Marketing and Adjustment; Ezra Taft Benson, Secretary of Agriculture; D. W. Brooks, Georgia Cotton Producers Association, Atlanta, Georgia; Left to Right, standing: C.R. Sayre, President, Delta Pine and Land Co., Scott, Miss.; William A. McGregor, Vice President, Guaranty Trust Co., New York City; Charles Cannon, President, Cannon Mills, Kannapolis, Norht Carolina; Lamar Fleming, Jr., President, Anderson Clayton Co., Houston, Texas; Everett R. Cook, President, Cook and Co., Memphis, Tenn. Interior shot with door and hanging artwork in the background.

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Original Print, black and white. 10" x 8"

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Lamar Fleming, Jr. (1892-1964) joined the Anderson, Clayton and Company cotton merchandiser in 1911. He was president from 1939 to 1953 and chairman of the board from 1953 to 1960. He served on the boards of the University of Houston, Rice University, the Kinkaid School, Texas Children's Hospital, the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, and Baylor University Medical Foundation. He was also vice chairman of President Dwight D. Eisenhower's Commission on Foreign Economic Policy.

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Considered Houston's premier portraitist, Robert Joy painted more than 350 portraits over a career that spanned more than 40 years. His subjects included lawyers, politicians, and the social elite.

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USDA Photo. [USDA Cotton Export Committee 1953], photograph, February 1953; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth18595/: accessed May 29, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.

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